Thread: The Little Black Dog - MSD Rowing Skiff - Adelaide OZ

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Sooooo .... what's the job?

We have to judge whether it is acceptable employment!

MIK

They provide money. It's acceptable

Library cataloguer. Only casual so while it's full time now, if the work dries up, so does the boat building funding. On the other hand, provided I can average more than three days a week, I can keep the cat in cat food. I guess I'll have to make the next build another cheapie though, maybe a pacific maple PDR rather than a gaboon Shearwater

Richard

Originally Posted by Daddles

They provide money. It's acceptable

Library cataloguer.
Richard

Not at the National Maritime Museum's library, I hope - then before cataloguing anything you wonld have to read it cover to cover!!!

That is a tough job!

I helped one of my Taiwan friends work out that part of their course ... It is both art and science!

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

That is a tough job!

I helped one of my Taiwan friends work out that part of their course ... It is both art and science!

MIK

pfft, I build wooden boats ... that don't sink, I can do anything

Richard

Shaped the rear seat top today and, after a lot of careful shaving away, the seat fits like a bought one and I'm slathered in sweat (it's in the thirties here today, more inside my tin shed).

No photo. Thanks to the heat, my ply seats all have a slight warp and they only fit when pushed down flat. Now I need to coat whatever's left to coat inside the seats, coat the underside of the seats and glue them on. What's the bet I don't get to it until next weekend

Richard

That's the trouble with a job. Interferes with important stuff.

As Ken Maynard used to write in his Ned & his Neddy cartoons:
"Work is the curse of the drinkin' man."

congrats on getting paid employment anyway Daddles.
If you know anything about IP & data, I know where there might be something full-time.
Shift-work, on a 6-week rotation, but decent pay.

cheers
AJ

Originally Posted by b.o.a.t.

That's the trouble with a job. Interferes with important stuff.

As Ken Maynard used to write in his Ned & his Neddy cartoons:
"Work is the curse of the drinkin' man."

congrats on getting paid employment anyway Daddles.
If you know anything about IP & data, I know where there might be something full-time.
Shift-work, on a 6-week rotation, but decent pay.

cheers
AJ

Thanks AJ. What's 'IP & data' ?
Shift work is difficult for me unfortunately, one of the trials of being a single parent. The lad's old enough to be reasonably independent (though I still have to be there for him) but the lass is only 8 - I'm sort of restricted alternate weekends and not much late work during the week. That's one of the beauties of the current job, it all happens during normal 'Out of School Hours Care' timeframes ... and the lass loves OSHC because she gets fed and gets to play with her mates.

Richard

After yesterday's post, I got back out and cut the holes for the inspection ports.

The front and rear seats were a little tricky to locate in that the ports can not go in the centre of the seat due to the central stringer and so you need to choose an asymetric layout based on how it looks ... and Jan wasn't around to help (she's much better with aesthetics than I am).

The centre seat was fun too in that if the ports were too close to the edge, the flare of the sides would restrict what you can put in there (the centre seat is a stowage area). However, I'll be placing my large rump on that seat and don't want to sit on a hatch. Add to that, one hatch is a 6" (for access to the prime stowage area) and the other is a 5" (because that's the size that has the bag shown area).

The photos show the solution. No, the boat isn't all skew iff like it looks in the photos, that's just a trick of camera angle.

Richard

Richard -

You done good... Jan would be proud!

LBD is looking better all the time.

Bob

Thanks mate.

Now I've got to finish sealing inside the seats (cleats and the like), seal the undersides of the seats and glue them in place. Here's where the sudden interuption of building time hurts because it could all be done in one hit ... if I had a complete day available ... which I will if I wait until next saturday. There's a lot you can do in an hour each evening, but not a job this big. The alternative is to do it in stages like normal people have to

Richard

Normal?

What's that?

And how do we know?

Bob

Hi Richard
Its looking good.
Work is a pain, and I will be back again next week I hope.
I didnt bother with a hatch in the foredeck, maybe i should have for air expansion but I thought it too small an area for storage and you cant get much through a six inch hatch anyway. You will probably have seen what I did with the back hatch.
It is a boat you can look at and feel pleased about, isnt it?

Tom

Originally Posted by tomtre

Hi Richard
Its looking good.

Ta mate

Work is a pain, and I will be back again next week I hope.

Oh good, I had visions of you getting miles ahead of me (competitive bugger aren't I )

I didnt bother with a hatch in the foredeck, maybe i should have for air expansion

The issue isn't expansion, it's to air the compartment so you don't wind up with a hot, humid environment for rot to develop. You don't need a bloody big hatch either - my front and rear seats only have 4" hatches and some people just drill a hole, but I like the idea of the compartment being either properly sealed or well opened to air out which is what the hatch gives you.

but I thought it too small an area for storage

More to the point, it's in the wrong place for trimming the boat, you want to put all the weight in the middle. That middle seat will take anything I'm likely need for a day out and if you're camping, you'd stack it in the forward footwell.

and you cant get much through a six inch hatch anyway.

You'd be amazed. I can get a 2 litre cordial bottle into my centre compartment and I reckon a collapsable rod and small tackle box will be a doddle.

It is a boat you can look at and feel pleased about, isnt it?

Don't let Mik read things like that, he'll get all big headed and pompous on us

Richard

she's a nice looking boat Richard

it's one i may have to add to my wish list, which just seems to get bigger and bigger