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The saddle seems to be working pretty well. It's 3/8 meranti marine ply with a piece of oak or cherry shaped and beveled to fit the transom and then epoxied between the panels. I then screwed a...

One more photo of kids doing what they should be doing rather than looking at a device - Throwing rocks at the piers.

My son and I finally made it to visit family in Nova Scotia this past week. It was 10 years since my last visit, a year or two before Jack was born. It's funny getting back together with folks you...

We're in. My wife and son (he's 8) will join us and we'll leave the dog at home. This will give me incentive to actually get the sailing rig set up soon. We may end up fishing some, too. If you...

Thanks for reaching out to the Seneca club, Dave. I think we would be interested in attending that weekend. How ready we might be for full on sailing is yet to be seen, but we could at least meet...

No sailing yet, but we've been out rowing and fishing.
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We might be interested in a trip to the finger lakes. I still haven't got the varnishing completed on the mast and spars (maybe next week) but otherwise the boat is done. We're heading to...

Looking for my apparently lost car title this morning and in amongst the documents found a couple photos a few on this forum might recognize! I spent most if my time working in Mackay, but made it...

Thanks for all the comments. I think the wind speed that day was gusting quite a bit more than 13 kts. with an occasional white cap even with the protected nature of the pond. Went out yesterday...

Thanks Clint for the heads up. I see now that the gasket is installed that there could be a chance of leakage. Have you tried a gasket on both the bulkhead and the cover to maybe create a gasket to...

Thanks for all the comments. It sounds like the mast fit is close. I think a bit more scraping and it should fit a little better and be snug but not binding at the partner. Should the butt wedge...

Thought I posted earlier, but maybe it didn't take. Still varnishing the boat. Weather didn't cooperate last week and little league started etc. I opted for the Schooner Gold varnish lured in by...

The Una B. made it on to the trailer with the movers help and survived her first trip just down the street to our temporary housing arrangement. Got the first coat of varnish on the rail today in...

I guess they aren't all that strict about the registration. I basically followed the procedure outlined on the DMV website. I've noticed IAZ, P didn't have a bow number displayed. I was told I have...

Also registered her today, so it's officially a boat. For NH residents here's what I needed to do after making many calls:

1. Get a "Verification of Vessel ID" form from the town hall or online. ...

Here she is. Shiny and dusty. Moving in a few days so it's onto the trailer soon. Still need to varnish the rails, mast and spars. Working on painting the foils and tiller box. Her name will be...

Got the epoxy coating on. Hope to start painting soon.

Looks fantastic. Hope you enjoy it.

Hoping to glass the chines and epoxy coat tomorrow. Made the oars and put a coat of epoxy on them.

Thanks for the offer. I didn't post anywhere but here. I tried on the Oughtred site, but couldn't remember the password etc to post. I quit Facebook a couple years ago and only regret it in these...

Thanks for the replies. I think I will unless I run out of glass. Think I have plenty. Boat is all cleaned up and ready to go.

I'm about to glass the chines and epoxy coat the exterior of the goat. The instructions don't mention doing the transom edges. Should I do those too?

Well, I put the Arctic tern out in the lawn and it was gone when we came home from dinner. We live on a busy busy road which is in large part why we're moving. Good for getting rid of stuff. Funny...

The tern was a bit big for the barn. I've got lots of loft volume but not a lot of square footage. Once the forms were in place, I didn't have much room left to make the planks. The goat solved...

I've been pretty focused on trying to get the boat done before we move and haven't, to my wife's dismay, been as worried about packing for our upcoming move. Today I'm planning on really cleaning...

Looks like epoxy took on the runners last night. Ordered the sail and lines earlier this evening from Duckworks. The RSS sail. The spectra lines added up. Wasn't quite sure about all the blocks...

Thanks for the photos Damsy. I'm hoping to order sail equipment tomorrow. Took a chance today and put on the bottom runners. Supposed to be high 30s tonight. Epoxy was tacked up before dark.

I like the look of that old motor and the 2 stroke is probably lighter than the new four strokes. My buddy has a mid seventies Johnson 4 hp and it is quite light. Is yours a long shaft? Did you...

It would be great to meet up sometime this summer for some sailing. I'm procrastinating on washing the blush off the mast and putting another coat on the glass. Need to pull it out of the basement...

I expect you're right Dave, but when I stood that thing up it looks a lot longer than when it's laying down. I was thinking about this and how smoothly most of the build has gone. Our house sale...

I snapped a couple photos to show the concept of my veneer idea. I only had some thin cherry veneer close by but I was thinking maybe the veneer could be 1/16" Douglas fir. I'm seeing it online in...

I've seen examples of the birdsmouth construction but have never tried it myself. If looks pretty slick. I was thinking a veneered tubular shape would be easier to build and be similar to the...

I've just started to read up on how to rig the goat and see all the different variations in the boom sizes and construction techniques. The box boom looks like it would be similar to the square mast...

It's been a long time since I took mechanics, but I seem to recall that tubing tends to be stronger than boxes?

Glued up the mast ladder this afternoon. It's tall! Managed to get the parts down into the cellar via the stairs. Might need to go out the window. Here's a shot of the assembly. Oar stock doing...

I bought one of those cordless multi tools for house work and it's pretty handy. Matching brand to drills/drivers. If you don't already have one, you could chalk it up to a good reason for a new...

The GIS goes together pretty quick if you aren't too fussy with the epoxy. But the material costs do add up and may deserve more attention than you could give it in 100 hrs. Being from the land of...

I checked the distance on my boat and it measures 540mm give or take a couple for the headlamp and laying on the floor.

Got the foils cleaned off and sanded. I put another coating of expoxy on the trailing edge today. Will put on a finish coat of epoxy tomorrow on the faces. Centerboard fits no problem. The rudder...

Waiting for epoxy to tack. The foils get a bit expensive between the glass and all the epoxy. Ran out of epoxy after the first coat and had to go get another can. Ouch! Jack helped me with...

I'm crossing my fingers that the centerboard will fit. It seems that there is enough room in the slot for the fiberglass. I've got the parts cut out for the rudder box but haven't glued it up yet. ...

Ready to fiberglass. The hand planing in the barn helped with keeping warm along with mittens. Back to the basement in the morning for the epoxy work. Hope to get the mast timber early next week.

Thanks for that link. I hadn't seen it on the duck works website. That's what I'll do. Stopped at the lumber yard to see what they had. Doug Fir is spendy here, especially in thicker dimensions. ...

Thanks for comments on the boat by the way. It's been a busy fall and winter. I'm looking forward to seeing the inside color out in the sun. Think we'll like it. The paint work was quite a bit of...

Well, all the house work paid off and it was under agreement on the first day! My wife said, "I'll be ##\+! If that #}|€¥ boat helped sell the house. Anyway, if all goes according to plan, I've got...

Here's the trailer up to gunwales.

Snowing more here today and I figured I'd snap a shot of the lonely Goat trailer out back. I bought it new in December after not finding much on the used market for much less than the new one. Had...

That's a great head banging against the wall icon. Story of my life it sometimes seems. Glad it was caught before you got further along and that you've got a plan to move ahead. Pretty amazing...

In the photos it looks like your bulkhead is almost abutting the butt joint of the hull panels. I think the front edge of the thwart should be there instead. It also looks a little tight from the...

Is the centerboard case farther forward in the yawl version? It looks like your center thwart and case are farther forward than what I did on my goat.