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That's going in my next Scrabble game!

You are a good man Keith Black.

I can only second the above comments. That is some fine (and very inspirational) work, Maurice.

That is some fine woodwork, Mark. Very nicely done! You must have had a great sense of accomplishment having competed this as well as you did.

Reading your posts just makes me so aware of how much I don't know about all this It is fun to learn though, especially with fine builds like this.

I need me some of those quad hands! Nice work indeed, Glenn.

You have come along very nicely, Ronald. She is looking fantastic. Your patience with this build is certainly paying off.

Guys, I have had a few messages asking if I am OK. The answer is yes, I am still out here With summer upon us, I am busy in what is now my flourishing garden. It is a lot warmer here than it was in the Shenandoah Valley where we moved from last year and my newly formed garden is already producing. On top of that I am having to learn the peculiarities of fishing on the Potomac river. It is all new to me, so the learning curve there regarding rig setups and where to fish depending on what I want to catch is still quite steep. I have made some progress on the Lynx, I just have not posted anything yet, my bad. The cap rails are on and the fender rails have also been fitted. We are expecting rain this weekend, so we will see if I can't get some work done in the shipyard. When the weather is as nice as it has been (apart from a few days of extreme heat), I cannot sit inside while the fish are jumping out in the bay outside my window

Tom, you did a fantastic job with those davits! They look great, truly. When the time comes, I am so going to steal your idea!! Nice work indeed.

She inspires me anew, John. Sometimes it's the journey and not the destination that is important. I am certainly enjoying this one.

Had to chuckle at that one, B.E.

Absolutely! If you ever have any questions, don't be afraid to ask! There are plenty of good folk here who would be only too happy to help.

A warm welcome to MSW. With a build like that you are off to a very good start!

What an amazing thing to be able to accomplish. My hat comes off to you, sir. Very nice indeed.

Those fife rails turned out splendidly, Jo. Love that wood!!

Thanks for this, Keith.

It was time to address the rest of the gun ports and take care of the two ports at the stern. Because I "refashioned" the stern transom I had some measuring to do to make sure the two ports back there sat in the correct position: I first made a template of both the inside and the outside and transferred the outside shape onto the inside template: I needed to ensure that the ports fell nicely within the rail going around the outside of the transom. To get that right the port holes were first measured up and added to the inside template. I laid that on top of the outside one and drew the cut outs onto it. This gave me the correct placement within that exterior rail: After transferring that template to the boat, the port holes were marked and cut out: The rest of the gun ports were cut out, cleaned up and test fitted with the gap gauge: Next up was the rudder and tiller. I dry fitted the rudder to ensure there was enough room to mount the tiller head. It sat in there very nicely: The tiller will be made out of black walnut (the plywood one supplied with the kit just doesn't cut it for me!) To get the dimensions right I consulted Marquardt's Global Schooner and found this: This is something I will take care of very soon. My next task was the cap rails. Again, I was not at all happy with the kit supplied ones. I decided to go with walnut strakes that were bent using the "hot tub method" (which has since been officially decommissioned for the summer by the way). I left them in there for 24 hours and then pinned them to a solid board to take shape, leaving them overnight. They didn't exactly hold the desired shape for some reason so I re-soaked them in a tall thermos of boiling water for 20 minutes and re-pinned them. I will leave them like that until tomorrow: My last task of the day yesterday was to drill the hole for the bowsprit. The plans suggest using a 6mm drill bit initially and then file out to the required 8mm. I started with 4mm, then 6. All went well up to that point but for some obscure reason I decided to take my Dremel tool with a burr bit and try to clean up the hole edges. It was on a slower speed than normal but still made a mess. I had some minor repairs to do to the gammoning knee and the bow. That was taken care of last evening and this morning she looks OK again. She now has a bowsprit hole She was taped up after I marked the waterline because the next task, after adding the fender rails and lining the gun ports, is to get her off to paint.

Never say never, Glen What a fantastic way to close out that wonderful chapter.

I 100% agree. The possibility of ruining something else or getting all tied up somewhere is taken off the table by doing it like this. This is the way I will be doing the Lynx masts once the time comes. Thanks again, B.E.

Another lesson learned. I had been wondering how to achieve that. Thanks B.E. !

Yes, it most ertainly is.I tried that on the Endeavour build. Very disappointing.

I thought the deck looked good, Wolle, but we modelers view our builds with a very critical eye, don't we.

You did a nice job on that deck house framing, Phil, very neat and precise. What wood are you using for that?

I managed to get some unexpected time in the shipyard today. We have family here for the week but they decided to take a day trip today which freed up some time. I got on with some tasks I have been wanting to do away from the ship. I replaced the horrible plywood parts for the bowsprit and mast caps, catheads and support ring for the boom on the main mast with some white maple I had knockng around the woodshop. The maple was milled to the right thickness and the parts cut out on the band/scroll saws: The pieces will be taken to the shipyard and cleaned up properly then stored away until needed. As well as that I put the new laser level to the test. I leveled the hull in the woodshop and used the laser level to help me mark the gunport holes that still needed cutting out. I also checked on the ones that I had already done, just to be sure: Our house will be ours again this weekend so I am hoping to carry on where I left off today. Here's hoping

I have to agree with Keith here. I bow to you, sensei Glen