A Cat Named Dog
  • Home
  • The Boat
  • Captains Blog: The Build
  • Friends
  • The Homefront
  • Donate!
  • Videos

The Blog of the Dog.

              www.acatnameddog.com 

It's important, I think...........


Click the "<<Previous" at the bottom of the page to                         see the previous week's post.

Home

The Final Beam, Pod Paint, Rain, Mast Beam Misgivings And The Passing Of The Yard Dog

5/22/2016

1 Comment

 
 We are still here. Chugging through the process. We are at the stage of doing many small things. We coated the final aft beam and painted it. Budge is doing small necessary projects. I finished up the winch base and stored it. Sadness marred the week with the passing of Pat C. Dog, official shop yard dog, gentle soul and Ben's buddy. She was our walk companion asking for naught more than an ear scratch and an occasional treat. Rain cut the heart out of the week and the truck, Ol' Rusty, needed a new cat. Thanks for the comments from my two blog followers, Ken, ATW, currently recuperating from a barge trip and pub crawl, and Mike, for their comments. I try to keep a stiff upper lip and a stiff middle finger to see me through the adversity. I check Neil's blog regularly. I wish someone less chipper would post a blog so people will know what it's really like to build a boat...........wait............ that's me.  Read on.
Picture
So that dream of building a boat eventually degrades into one of those dreams that somehow isn't quite right. You know, where you discover yourself in a place that you don't recognize and something is off.
Picture
And with things in this state of entropy,  you press on hoping that maybe you'll wake up and you're in a place where everything is lovely (tra-la). 
Picture
Where you can see wonders and have the time to appreciate them.
Picture
Where tiny things the diameter of a nickel can spark a scintilla of exuberance.  But such enjoyments are fleeting and the boat calls your name ("Hey. Bozo, get back to work!")
Picture
Ben experimented with the polycarbonate to see if you can flame polish the edge. You cannot.
Picture
Budge cut out and edge sanded the two ports for the hulls. Bolts are on order so we can install them. We still have to drill the 52 holes in each one.
Picture
Budge vacuumed out the pod for the final steps (painting).
Picture
The mast beam, where things are not quite right morphed into that surrealistic dream where things are bizarre and puzzling. Do we know what's wrong? Nope. Probably several things involving drilling new holes, moving the motor well support over so they would clear the hull (major surgery) and repositioning the mast step. In short, we screwed up again but we don't know how or why. When building these boats. take the measurements directly off the boat, not the plans.
Picture
I cut some plugs.
Picture
And stuck them into holes. These boats are repairable. It doesn't mean that we have to do it every damn week!
Picture
we sanded and epoxy coated the exterior of  the pod.
Picture
Primer coated the epoxy.
Picture
And applied two coats of paint.
Picture
And did the same to the aft beam.
Picture
 Budge has a couple creative ideas about painting the holes. Me, the creativity is not there this week. You're lucky you got this blog.

The Music♫: Liam Clancy "The Parting Glass"

So here's to you, Pats, a life lived. In the end, it's all we get.
1 Comment
<<Previous
Forward>>

    Archives

    December 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    January 2022
    September 2021
    August 2021
    May 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

    Author

    Chuck! Send money!

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.