Jeffs FS14 LS

[VT_Jeff]

I was going to ask, what the heck is a "drip loop", but this response made it crystal clear. Never heard of such a thing and now I have learned something new.

As I consider this further, I have very minimal run going into the fuse box, to the point were condensation on the fuse box itself will probably generate as much moisture as anything coming down those wires, so I am going to do some serious not-worrying about it.

I've been knocking out micro-tasks while waiting for the weather to warm up enough to where I dare start painting the deck.

I got the steering arm hardware sorted out finally,
got a coat of epoxy on my guest seat frame,
got some fairing compound on my dashboard and one side of my console,
got my guest seat-back backer-board cut to the right shape(it will be upholstered)
put another coat of paint under the decks(not as worried about painting these areas in the cold)
got some ring terminals on the battery line
figured out how to retain the steering-worm sleeve on the "wrong" side of the helm(zip ties to the rescue)

Also, in a fit of insanity, I just ordered/paid for the plywood for my next build, picking it up Saturday in Boston. Will be building a glued-lapstrake row/sail boat somethig like what's shown below. I've had the book "How to build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats" on my nightstand for probably 6 years, maybe more, but it's only within the past year or so that it's started to actually feel feasible. My two SnG boats have done marvels for my confidence with the various processes involved to where I actually, finally feel like I can get it to completion. Plan is to start on that project in Sept or October but with the price/availability of plywood, figured I'd get it now and sit on it and not run the risk of a winter without a boat to build, a very very frightening thought.

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[Dan_Smullen]

This is the boat building equivalent of Babe Ruth calling his hit to left field.

If all the water is hard for a few months, I can see the importance of having a project or 10 in the works. No doubt she’ll be clean and refined when she comes together.

[cracked_ribs]

Buying the supplies for the next boat before the current one is done... you've got it bad bro!

[VT_Jeff]

Buying the supplies for the next boat before the current one is done... you've got it bad bro!

SCORE!

[VT_Jeff]

This is the boat building equivalent of Babe Ruth calling his hit to left field.

If all the water is hard for a few months, I can see the importance of having a project or 10 in the works. No doubt she’ll be clean and refined when she comes together.

Hilarious! Maybe I'll name the boat "Landsdowne Street"

and yes: long winters with unusable water and 4pm darkness requires careful coping plans!

My goal is very similar to the boat pictured: off white hull, bright stem/keel/transom, bright sheerstrake and bright interior. Hopefully oiled brightwork, time will tell.

Plywood is in hand, need to get some cherry closer to home for the backbone, some mdf for molds and away we go(in 6 months or so).

[VT_Jeff]

Buying the supplies for the next boat before the current one is done... you've got it bad bro!

No argument. I've had less healthy addictions, never a more expensive one though.....

[bamaguy0]

Btw, I'm trying to reply to your PM's but they keep getting stuck in my outbox.

[Jaysen]

Things move out of your PM outbox when the recipient reads the message. It’s like a read receipt but less intuitive. I would change the behavior if I could but... I can’t. Sorry.

[bamaguy0]

Things move out of your PM outbox when the recipient reads the message. It’s like a read receipt but less intuitive. I would change the behavior if I could but... I can’t. Sorry.

Ohhhh i had no clue it worked like that! Good to know. Thanks Jaysen!

Ok so Jeff, I just look like a babbling idiot then!

[VT_Jeff]

Things move out of your PM outbox when the recipient reads the message. It’s like a read receipt but less intuitive. I would change the behavior if I could but... I can’t. Sorry.

Ohhhh i had no clue it worked like that! Good to know. Thanks Jaysen!

Ok so Jeff, I just look like a babbling idiot then!

I suspect everyone on here has been through the exact same exercise. I know I have!