Sunday 18 October 2009

All Safely stowed Away


Hi Folks
As you can see it was a bit of a project to stow the boat and get the car in so that they are both tucked away for the winter but all done now.
See you all in the spring.

Thursday 15 October 2009

Don't try this at home.




Hi Guy's
Sorry I haven't posted for a while this house buying game is long winded and expensive especially in Cornwall. Any way I have sorted out my new garage to accept the boat. I had problems with access to my old workshop but finally moved my boat today.

I had to build a special frame to fit my roof bars to hold the boat even so there was quite an overhang at either end of the car which made the 15 mile trip to my new place interesting I know Vauxhall Astras are a bit run of the mill but if you can carry what I have on top of one today then it must be a good car.
Unfortunately I had to destroy the mold to get the boat off as it was stuck to it. This is as far as it goes for now my job is taking me abroad for a few months but I will be back home in March and then I' ll see if I can finish and be on the water for the summer.






Friday 11 September 2009

All Change.

Hi Folk's

Sorry I haven't posted for a long long time mainly because I haven't done anything to the boat. My new Job has been very busy and we have also bought a house and moved in the last month. This has basically taken up all my free time recently. There is a good out come thought my new place a a large garage and workshop which will mean the boat will be at the bottom of the garden not seven miles away. Much easier to nip down and do some work when I have to odd spare hour here and there. Hopely I'll have some photo's soon.

Monday 18 May 2009

Still Not Getting Much Done.

Hi Guy's

Apologies for not posting in a while but not much to write, the new job is pretty full on with lots of time away. I have started to make templates to make a support cradle to sit the boat in while I fit out the inside. Money has been tight as both my cars failed their MOTs and cost a bundle to fix I did all the work myself as I am to tight to pay somebody else to do work I can do myself.

Also I am in the process of buying a house not a cheap undertaking when you live in Cornwall but the place has a large garage/workshop which may possibly be larger than the house. This is good as I will probable spend most of my time in there.

Anyway I should be able to make some progress with the boat being at the bottom of the garden instead of ten miles away even if I do have a morgage the size of the debt of a small 3rd world country.

Well thats all folks.

Saturday 17 January 2009

Not getting much done.

Hi Folk's

not really getting much done this month. I have just started a new job not not working shifts anymore so have less spare time now. I managed to get a sheet of 8' by 4' by 3/4'' ply to use as one part of a cradle. I will probably need two more sheets.

Just been giving some thought as to how I can make a template to get the hull profile so I can lay it off on the cradle.

Anyway my car needs a fair bit of work for the MOT so my cash is going in that direction at the moment so I probably won't make too much progess this month.