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[Vicar&Skipper]

Woodbike,
The boat is looking very, very good. I've got the roof on my DE23 two weeks ago, but the weather has kept me indoors the past two weeks. Pictures coming next week.

[Mike Adams]

hey I decided to pull the boat out of the workshop and take a look at my progress from afar. As you can tell I have made some progress since the last pictures.

Woodbike,
The boat is looking very, very good. I've got the roof on my DE23 two weeks ago, but the weather has kept me indoors the past two weeks. Pictures coming next week.

Hey guys, this is more exciting than.... well, you know what!
Woodbike - she is looking great! I'm interested to note you have straightened the sides and raised the roof a little to give you more space, since that's what I am planning to do with the pilot house of my DE23.
Vicar - looking forward to seeing your pics, too.
Keep 'em coming, guys - reading these posts and seeing so much progress from so many builders just makes my day.

[woodbike]

After another week -end spent in the work shop ,I walked away realising that I have reached a new threshold.I can say that I am really close to the end of the construction phase.All of the trim pieces are made and glued .All I have left to build are the door to the cabin ,glue down the seat risers and some backing pieces have to be glued in .Then It will only be sanding , painting and the final fitting out .I bought a used trailer , it needs new axels, wiring and a couple of cross braces .I have plans to move it out of the garage in the next few weeks ,I will be able to remove the roof structure push it back in and work on the primer etc.. AT that time I will get some pictured up for you all.
Now the hardest part of all this is deciding where everything is going to be installed .I am sure that I will get some things wrong .So I spend some time looking at local boats ,I really don't think there is one way to do anything .
Ej

[woodbike]

I am happy to say that the assembly is in it's final stages .I could be done with the wooodwork and glue in the next week-end or so .It all depends on me ,I just have to stop adding things.Every time I turn around I think of some new little thing to add .Another storage area or shelf etc...
I am getting to the end of the list .
Would you believe it? the second year of building is coming to an end.
I started this thing October two years ago.
How time flies or how slow things go.
A little more sanding and I should be putting some primer on the boat.
It's hard to try and anticipate all the necesary holes and channels for electrical and plumbing .
I am debating on doing a full mockup of all the parts before painting.
This would prevent making holes in the wrong places or size in a painted area.
As soon as I pull the hull out of the shop to remove the superstructure I will take more pictures.
Keep on pluggin away.
EJ.

[woodbike]

sanding, more sanding ,fairing,more fairing , coating with epoxy ,sanding more sanding ,fairing and repeat.
How perfect is perfect ?
I keep thinking I am close to primer then I find another area that needs some more sanding .I am getting pretty good at inside corners, the source of most of the frustration .Getting closer to primer ,I have to figure out how I am going to paint all these weird shapes.A sprayer seem to be the most obvious choice since I am dealing with upside down ,vertical , horizointal surfacesand insides of boxes .
Keepin'at it .
EJ

[Yoda]

.All I have left to build are the door to the cabin ,glue down the seat risers and some backing pieces have to be glued in .Then It will only be sanding , painting and the final fitting out .
Ej

When I read these words in an earlier post, I chuckled to myself. I was wondering if you realized what you said. I've said that many times now. "I'm almost finished, all I have is some sanding and fairing." I'll bet I have more time sanding and fairing than all the other work, and thinking, and worrying.
Hopefully the day will com, huh.

[Cracker Larry]

Me too, yoda A LOT more work sanding and fairing than building. And that's just on a GF 16. It took 3 days for the woodwork, 2 weeks to glass it, 2 months to sand, fair and paint it.

[woodbike]

After two more days of sanding.I finally got some primer on the boat .Pushed the sucker out of the shop ,hosed it off .So officially It has see water .wipped it off and mixed the first half gallon of primer .Tried to roll it on but made a lot of runs .Will start masking it all tonight and I will try and spray the rest .
I am planning on putting 3 gallons of primer by the end of next week-end ,Then more sanding.and some varnishing on all the clear pieces .
Sore but happy
Eric

[woodbike]

I managed to get the hull primed this week-end .All in all I applied 4 gallons of the stuff to the hull .Even the paint that sat on a shelf for almost a year wasn't that hard to mix. One gallon and a half gallon cover the whole thing .
Some areas got more coats than others. I rolled the first half gallon then switched to spraying it .I made a lot less of a mess with the sprayer .
I will have several runs to sand next.Mostly from the rolling .
I ordered the paint today and will try to get it painted next week-end.
I just have to figure out how I can do several coats without stepping on any fresh paint .
I guess I have to figure out how to hover .Has anyone had experience with how hard the finished paint gets after the first hour?
The instructions say that you can recoat after 60 minutes but can you step on it?I guess, I will have to do the floors last .Maybe one heavy coat at the end instead of several thin ones.
More sanding ahead
Eric

[woodbike]

ok the most tedious part is hopefully behind me .
Last week -end I spent a total of about 26 hours + sanding the primer on the boat .I had a really hard time getting it smooth .I think the mistake was to let it dry for a week before sanding .The average live span of a sheet of 100 grit paper was about 45 seconds before it quit cutting efficiently .I know I counted mentally many a times .
Anyways I am hoping that I will get paint on this week -end .I haven't figured out yet how I am going to put 3 successive coats on the floors without stepping on the previous one .
Still thinking
Eric