Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
| Susan using a rather expensive bench as a saw horse - Anne |
January 30, 2011
Working on the keel!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011:
Lofting the keel
The next generation of boat builders, my granddaughter
-Susan
January 27, 2011
A little more done
Today is one of those "in between everything else, do something" on the boat kind of days. A little shopping, a little more pencil drawing, small nails in, one of the saws charging. We are getting closer to cutting the keel. Susan says, "I hope I can do this," and I said, "The worst that can happen is you'll mess it up and have to go buy another piece of lumber." That's life. Start with the worst that can happen and go from there. So we'll see.
January 24, 2011
First Step!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Today is the big day. We got the lumber for the keel which is now laying in the hallway. Another pocket cruiser about to be started in a living room. Whoohoo.
Today is the big day. We got the lumber for the keel which is now laying in the hallway. Another pocket cruiser about to be started in a living room. Whoohoo.
Getting Started
Friday, November 12, 2010
Today was finally the big day. We ordered the plans for the pocket cruiser from Stevenson today. After months of looking and discussion we settled on this one as the right size for us now. My sailing is now pretty limited in terms of my physical participation and endurance so Susan will be in effect singlehanding with lots of backseat driving. And with this rig and shorter mast it should be doable for her to set up and launch and then retrieve and still be big enough for us with a couple of kids. With kids ranging from one, one and a half, two, seven, nine and eleven, and various adults, this one we think should do fine. Just a nice comfortable little boat to mess around in. So we're excited and looking forward to getting the plans.
Today was finally the big day. We ordered the plans for the pocket cruiser from Stevenson today. After months of looking and discussion we settled on this one as the right size for us now. My sailing is now pretty limited in terms of my physical participation and endurance so Susan will be in effect singlehanding with lots of backseat driving. And with this rig and shorter mast it should be doable for her to set up and launch and then retrieve and still be big enough for us with a couple of kids. With kids ranging from one, one and a half, two, seven, nine and eleven, and various adults, this one we think should do fine. Just a nice comfortable little boat to mess around in. So we're excited and looking forward to getting the plans.
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