Thought I was going to wrap up the dorade vents this weekend, but realized that I forgot to order the hinges. I did make the doors, but needed the hinges to secure the doors for the final routing and sanding. Anyway, I did order the hinges tonight, so they should be here this week.
YachtSmiths ordered and received the fiberglass sheeting for the engine room. They also ordered and received the shaft seals and clamps from Tides Marine. There is a growing pile of parts to put in the boat and I can hardly wait…. 
Kinda like Xmas….
Amy and I put another stringer on our dingy this weekend. We tried something different this time. I took a heap of kayak straps and put them around the stringers on either side, and then drew them into together with a spanish windlass. Kept twisting and twisting until they all came in, and then I popped a screw into each frame. Worked like a charm. No drama.
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Pulling in the stringers
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Amy’s guns after tightening a spanish windlass
Still working models of the Tesha interior. Tried some new ideas this week. Moved the master cabin to the forepeak and the galley to the aftcabin. Still not happy with it, but I got plenty of time to keep modeling.
Cut the baffles for the dorade vents and got the glued in. I mixed mahogony dust from the sander into the glue in the hopes that it would blend well. Unfortunately, it did not. As the glue dried, it got darker and darker. Luckily, it is inside the vent.
Bought a block plane and started shaping the bottom stringer in the dingy. Pretty happy with the block plane, and it was not 100+ degrees, I might be able to knock it off quickly. The starboard stringer is about 80% done, the port, 20%. Much better with it in my right hand.
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Beveled stringer
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Dorade Baffles
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Still smiling after two week hard labor in Halifax
Got the 4th dorade vent screwed and glued. I used the 9″ hand plane to get top to fit the sides, then I was able to sand down 2 of them. It has been so hot here that I’ll be out in the garage for 1-2 hours then I got to go inside for a while.
Amy and I bent the bottom stringers for Tesha’s tender on Saturday morning. We let the wood soak in wet rags all week and while Amy bent them, I screwed them to the frames. On Sunday night, they seemed to have dried enough to glue. Amy did that too.
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Amy varnishing a propane locker (Halifax)
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Gluing the bottom stringers
The only real task I had for the weekend was to screw and glue the 3 dorade vents that I cut out last weekend. The first one took me at few hours (in 100+ degree garage) and I had a terrible time with it. Then the next two banged out without a hitch. Oh well.
We cut the bottom stringers for the dingy this weekend. The were hard to bend so we opted to soak them in wet rags for a few days to soften them up. Which means that, in this heat, I am going out back with a bucket and pouring 5 gallons of water on the stringer every few hours.
Brian called from a warehouse clearance sale this week and picked up some stuff for the boat. Couple of reading lights, navagation light and black water pump. Just a matter of time….
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Steve making a companionway hatch template
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Testing the companionway hatch template
