Thread: Questions on building a GIS

Hello Brian, Thank you for the thoughts on the lines. I will leave them as they are. maybe later I will accent the lines if I think that is better / nicer / less stupid looking.

SOLing

Hello Soling,

I am familiar with that feeling: trying your hardest and than still making some errors on the way.

But I for one forgot all the trouble I had gone through once the boat was in the water and I sailed her for the very first time!

I am sure that your boat will turn out very nicely. The timber grain of the plywood panels will most likely hide most of the lines anyway. By the looks of it, you will be sailing this year (unless you follow my bad example and use the better part of 7 months to get the damn thing painted/varnished!).

Regards, Joost

Joost ... so THAT's why you were so quiet!!!

Best wishes
Michael

As Joost says - unless you are working hard at being sloppy, it's unlikely that anyone but you will notice your oopsies (and anyone else you foolishly point them out to ). And even if some eagle-eyed woodworker, architects, or such stumbles along and actually notices the glitches, they're highly unlikely to care a whit. They'll just be bowled over by the overall impression of beauty and competence that you boat will make. Are you familiar with the Japanes notion of wabi-sabi?

Delicious on Sushi. Don't mistake it for Guacamole though.

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Delicious on Sushi. Don't mistake it for Guacamole though.

Say there, Podner... everyone in this town KNOWS there's only room for ONE jackass joker around these parts. And we all know that hat fits!

Hope you're getting in some sailing! Call it Product Development. Write off the expense as R&D. And post the bloody fotos, won't you? I haven't seen Peter's mug in a foto set in a long time. Is he too busy at work to play? Or is he locked in the boat shed, trying to accomplish the Perfect Build? Tell him about wabi-sabi.

sorry it won't happen again

Originally Posted by Boatmik

sorry it won't happen again

Yeah, Yeah. Don't give me that Buddhist Beatitude Bushwah. I've heard enought stories now about the Tasmanian Devil you turn into going around the buoys to know it's all just a facade

But enough goofiness. You didn't answer about the most important stuff - sailing!

Oh....
Um with the Biting Midge ... he is currently restructuring his life. He built a speculative house last year and finally has it rented out.

He and Jo are driving up and down the Qld coast whenever they have some free time to practice the lifestyle they plan to take up in the next year. On the road type lifestyle.

They might even have to rationalise the boats! Which is OK.

MIK