Paul Le Wol

Bought these clamps from ama zon last week. They were 33CAD for 8 of them. The jaws have soft pads and they open to about 15mm. I like them for jobs where you need uniform pressure applied as opposed to spring clamps that may skew the parts.

John, she looks happy with all of the attention and doesn’t care how long it takes. Beautiful work!

A mighty fine looking completion Glen. Congratulations!

Chris, congratulations on completing your Alert. Wonderful job and looking forward to your Cheerful build.

A perfect ending Glen 👍

Thank you for the reply Phil. I think I will experiment with some different colors and try to get something close.

Hi John, thank you very much! Hi Phil, thank you for expressing your thoughts and feelings. You must have great memories of Wapama. Thinking back, would you say that the color of the decks in your photos is close to the original?

Thank you Jacques, I appreciate your input very much.

Hi Glen, thanks very much for your support!

Gentlemen, thank you very much for your comments! The hull planking and the siding are AYC. I’ve found that a coat of clear shellac followed by painting turns out pretty nicely on the cedar. The biggest issue I think would be having glue blotches after applying a coat of WOP. And I have already bought the paint for it😀

Thank you Keith. Its funny you say that because whenever I look at it I think the same thing

Hey Everyone, Hope you are all well. Thank you very much for your Comments and Likes. The main deck house is close to completion. The house sits on top of the side stringer which sits on top of the main stringer so these stringers are being faked by using built-up planks. the main stringer is 3/32" thick and the side stringer is 1/16" thick. The siding is 1/32" thick. The window frames were made and put in place when the siding reached the bottom of the rough openings. Once the siding reached the top of the windows the section of wall that extends out to the pillars had to be added. A length of 1/8 x 1/8" was clamped in place to get the proper sheer for this extension. Some sanding was done to get the window frames flush with the siding. The sliding doors and some of the siding was was applied to the forward end of the house because it is easier to do it now. Then everything is dry fitted The stanchions that support the boat deck were made from 3/32" x 3/32" cherry. They needed to have 1/32" removed from the lower end where they overlap the side stringer. A 1/8" thick clear plastic 6 inch ruler was used to help file the wood to the proper thickness. You can file on these rulers all day and they just keep hanging in there. These stanchions will be pinned in place and then removed before the house is permanently mounted. This is her now. Next I think the main deck house will be glued together, sanded, painted and mounted so that the stringers can be installed.

Glen, I agree that they are both beautiful, but I like the way that the black (?) of the Zen garden goes with the blue water..

Yves, she is looking great! I like that you decide what looks best to you and go with that. Nice

Phil, congratulations on completing your Albatros. Beautifully done!