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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Launch

Urchin Launched for the Memorial day regatta. She got a five minute start. Rowed to the green buoy downriver. The rest of the fleet caught us there while I rigged her for sailing. Sailed up river past the club and came in last. But we came in!
Checked the trailer lights. Of course they don't work. Got replacements, but it rained all day today, so if the sun comes out I'll get them on.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

May

Why is May always so busy? Here we are almost half way through and I still haven't got the second coat of varnish on Urchin yet. Max is getting married on Saturday. Oh, that's why this May is busy. Family in and out, cleaning, etc. No time for boats, my baby is getting hitched.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Spring Varnish

Friday, April 6, 2012

Fused at Last

The model was assembled from all the small images in the green bar along the bottom of the picture.

Three months of work at Next Fab, (with a lot of side trips on new equipment, have finally resulted in a fused digital model of Olympia. A lot of learning and frustration with new software have been resolved in this mesh model. It was not as easy as I expected, and the result is not as clean as I wish at this point, but the main bulk of the ship is there.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Barefoot Boys

Sand inspectors at work. Spring has spung, the shoes are off, the water is still cold in case you were wondering.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Reduced Whaleboat

Model whaleship display , AGATE with a whale alongside and a whalebat under sail, built by author Ed Leaf. Ed gave a presentation this month at the Red Dragon Canoe Club. Ed has built a wide variety of model boats, most with very interesting histories.