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    Roughly installed the steaming servo and need to remake the steering arm a bit longer so it can fully function. I’m thinking of making it from wood may be better than the thin sheet metal it says to make it with. What will be the best way to connect it to the prop shaft I’m thinkin a little superglue with a blob of regular glue to hold it. I am thinking that because how hard it was removing the smallest amount of resin from inside the rudder shaft tube. Feeling good about the placement of everything else and will remove and start building the cockpit this week. for our weekly boat adventure we checked out the classic workboat festival and got to see one of my favorite tugs the 130year old Arthur foss and snuck in a game of cribbage on board. We also got to see all few other beautiful boats and ones in the middle or restoration giving me deck planking ideas that I’m not sure I can pull off
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    I will be down for the tugboat festival for sure, last year seeing the model boats and rc is what sparked this idea. It’s a short trip on Amtrak since we don’t drive maybe that’s my new end goal
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    Lots of learning with the resin but it’s done and set it found the holes and now I get to do a bit of cleanup. Frustratingly I got some inside my rudder shaft and I cannot get it out just a small amount. I made a mess even though I tried my best with using gloves and working is small batches but I still ended up with resin on my pants my hands my arms the floor the doorknob and more lol today besides resin cleanup I’ve been working on my rudder and made it’s control arm. Mocking up electronics and making their mounts is next up after I get through and can install my rudder and actually connect and make sure everything electrical functions. yesterday took the train to Olympia for a wooden boat festival and got to be inspired to keep on building. Got to board and check out the tug Creosote that I saw last week in the parade. Also learned if you flip your boat you can just wear it like a hat because it’s Cap-sized
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    Got a bit of filling and cleaning up the planking done and it’s looking better and better. Line of glue on the gap wipe and sand has done wonders on how it look. The bow needs some more shaping done that I am reluctant to do. Decided to test out the resin as I have never used it before and I slapped some on the dory over the paint and have started a small section on the inside of the miss adventure to see how that will go. I was using a sponge brush not sure how heavy or lite to apply. I was expecting to be totally gassed out by the epoxy but has no noticeable odor which makes me extremely happy I won’t have to work outside on in the basement. Yesterday was opening day for boating and I missed my goal of finishing this by that time but I get distracted once the weather is nice. So opening day was spent watching the Windermere cup rowing followed by a fantastic boat parade
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    I’m excited about resin and pumps I believe I got the right stuff for the job and should have a bit of free time to hopefully get this boat finished. Picked up pumps from the boat store because i forgot them so an excuse to go on the ferry and look at more boats
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    Finally have the bottom almost fully planked just a couple more on the rear but my sniper snapped so I stopped. The dremel made quick work of some trimming and I’ll be filling a bit and thinking of the best way to do so in between some planks that are a bit further apart than I had hoped. I was able to pick up epoxy and will be ordering their pumps for proper mixing easy from what I’ve read today I saw three whales 2 orca and I believe a small grey whale as well as a nice little red boat on my trip to breakfast
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    Slowly going at it picked up a dremel to help and don’t know why I had not got one before. Almost done with the hull planking and will do some sanding and filling before I start with the resin. Today I’ll be by a boat shop and plan on picking up some west marine resin and hardener but not sure if I was the slow hardener or the faster
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    Not feeling as confident as I want to be so things are going a little slower here is some weekend progress with planking that’s not as tight as I wish and the bow roughly done before sanding. For my first time doing this I give myself a b. And I give myself a d for the shipwreck in a bottle lol
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    No my wife and I went to Poulsbo for our anniversary getaway we are in Seattle but I like going around where we can look at boats. So many models all over that small town almost every single shop had one on display
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    More shaping and glueing planks and really liking how it’s turning out and feel like it will shape up nicely. Learning to use the bender and soaking sticks has been fairly easy and I wish I had purchased one much earlier. So happy to be back working on it
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    Ok finally back at this as I’ve been waiting weeks as this plank bender has traveled all over the country for the last 3-4 weeks this is making planking so much easier than how I was just forcing it how I wanted (yay learning). For now I am gluing one plank at a time per side and going back and forth while soaking and shaping the planks further down the hull. The way I have been clamping the planks in place will need to change soon and I’m not quite sure how I will be doing that so I’ll get creative with rubber bands and anything that I have. So happy to be back working on it I have felt so bad just watching it sit there while occasionally catching my cat climbing on it. Also a picture of a little regatta I watched this morning from the ferry as I was waiting for the plank bender to get delivered
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    I’ve taken a couple weekends off of building this waiting for a plank bender now. But I have spent my weekends looking at others boats in all these small shops in Paulso and then today touring the Virginia V while it is in dry dock being repaired and learned quite a bit today. Hopefully once my plank bender gets here I will get back to work daily on this project I feel bad with it just sitting there but field trips were had
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    Was able to get the hull roughly in but It should fair well before I do the planking. Once I finally got it all in place I did a little I got a boat dance I must say. now to bust out some filler and sanding. questioning if I should varnish the sides before glueing the planks wonderful work this weekend
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    Time for glue to dry and be back at it tomorrow love seeing it take shape and slowly figuring this out
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    Having fun today working sides and transom. I’m adding a basswood layer to waterproof it does not say to do this and to plank right on the frame so making a panel and copying it for the opposite side nothing is glued yet and I am still shaping and fitting together. The transom I’m doing a little different and filled the spaces in the frame and a single layer of the dark wood which I will be planking over learned that I really don’t like the smell of 5 minute epoxy when I filled in gaps from the propeller shaft and rudder shaft. started layers of varnish on the inside the other night back to it I go

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