Cargo Hold Walls – Furring Strips, Making Studs, Painting, Dewalt Surface Planer
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Dream Big, Work Hard, Stay Focused and Surround Yourself with Good People. And we had a lot of good people in the boat yard this past week. Creative, sharing, hard working, adventurous, friendly, funny, and caring people. Really Good People. Seeker Crew Rock!
Boat Building – NiFe Batteries, Furring Strips, Exhaust and Davit Winch
Many thanks to Max who is up from down under. Max is not just a builder who knows welding and carpentry, but he is a off-shore racing sailor too. And many thanks to you, our patrons. We took Max shopping today for wood working tools. Their is a new miter saw and surface planer at the boat yard.
Construction Adhesive Test – 3M 5200, PL Fast Grap, DAP DynaGrip, and more
Wow! I would not have guest Construction Adhesives were this strong. We test 3M 5200, PL Fast Grab, DAP GynaGrip, PL Premium, Solar Seal, and DAP Alex Plus for gluing Cedar to Steel when both are painted with Coal Tar Epoxy.
Taking time to tour the boat and be thankful for your support. We love ya!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Boat the Internet Built – Paint, Exhaust, and the British Built Battery Shaker
How I wish, how I wish you were here We’re just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground And how we found The same old fears Wish you were here — Roger Waters, Pink Floyd
Rust Converters and Coal Tar Epoxy Paint Test – 1 Year in Saltwater
You can spend tens of thousands of dollars on paint and sand blast every square inch of steel inside and out, or you go cheap and easy and get low cost products like very old epoxy, and coal tar and use rust converters to avoid blasting inside a hull. I like cheap and easy but I also like knowing that it’s going to work. Testing is the answer.