Tom's C17ccx "CARONDELET"

[tech_support]

good to see you getting started on her Tom

[Cracker Larry]

Peter I first floated the C17ccx in April 2008,

I'm so confused

[ks8]

Capeman loaned him *the hatch*... so he could get her splashed before he started... it can really mess with your mind if you are not used to that sort of thing...

[Bowmovement]

Peter I first floated the C17ccx in April 2008,

I'm so confused

Me too. I think it may mean that he finally decided that the C17ccx is what he would build. And after ALOT of pondering he is getting started. Maybe

Glad to see ya started Tom. Hopefully I want be too far behind you.

Matt

[BassMunn]

Way to go tom.....i know you have been building this one in your head for some time.
Now that you have every thing straight it should go much faster "alot less pondering time "

I definately agree with Topwater, my build was flying while I was following plans, then I got to the top deck and started the customizing part and someone threw the anchor overboard when I wasn't watching. I think if you added it up I have spent atleast 3 months just looking, measuring, thinking , planning , drawing and pondering what and how to do something that I didn't have plans for.

Tom seems to have done all this planning way before time, so should be much quicker.
Tom tell us when to start the stopwatch

[TomW]

It has started, tick-tock.

Tom

[cape man]

Capeman loaned him *the hatch*... so he could get her splashed before he started... it can really mess with your mind if you are not used to that sort of thing...

Opening the hatch now...

Here's a picture of Tom's boat...



...oh wait, that's the picture from the boat plans page...

Tom if you are planning on bringing her down for the meet next spring you better stop typing and get building!!!! I too once had some pretty strong confidence in my ability to crank a boat out quickly.

You will of course do a fantastic job, and certainly know what you need to do. I will be cheering you on the whole way. Plenty of sweet places on that design to use the walnut, and when sealed properly just about any wood is boat wood.

[ks8]

Cape man... everytime you open that hatch, the GPS satelites need to be resync'ed. I checked my GPS today, and it had me about 21,000 miles over New Zealand, in orbit. It must have been just as you opened it, and before an update. Give us some warning when you're using that thing...

While I was there, I did see (don't exactly know how) your boat completed Tom . Would you like to know what color you had... er... will paint her? Of course, if I tell you know, it may change your mind, so maybe I shouldn't tell....

[TomW]

Funny you should mention paints KS, just got a new brochure from Alexseal a German company that are sold by Hamilton Marine. Same system as Sterling paint, catalyst and reducer. Have some gorgeous colors and are priced better. Info I am getting indicates hardness and gloss is better than Sterling. I know what colors I want and Sterling didn't have them was going with Perfection. Now I don't know till I do some checking

Tom

[ks8]

Well, I think it is *causally* safe to at least tell you that she is going to look great.