Many thanks to Joy and John showed up and gave Liam, Peter, Bart and me a hand with building and fiberglassing the heads. We used an isophthalic polyester resin (ISO), or tooling resin that has greater strength and lower shrinkage over slightly cheaper orthophthalic type polyester resins. ISO is used extensively in boat hulls and in fiberglass mold construction. The cloth is 1.5 oz chop strand which is the easiest to work into corners and around turns, and heavy enough to span the gaps between the cedar boards.

Eric examines the hull’s coating (paint) for holidays (holes) that will likely lead to corrosion (rust).

Many thanks to Liam Shirley for his recommendation and a bit of practical instruction using a PrimeWeld TIG 225X. I’m not much of TIG welder, but I sure can’t blame the machine. And I love that it comes with a 3 year warranty that includes shipping it back for repairs.

Eric, our Industrial Inspector is back to check up on our boat’s paint job, correction; “Industrial Coating Application”. Many thanks to Eric and Acuren Inspection for loaning their equipment.

Many thanks to Brian Holmes. One of the great guys on the planet that we can call on when it involves wood. When you want to find a good wood worker all you got to do is find the guy with the largest collection of clamps. Brian is the man.

Many thanks to Brian Holmes who returned to assemble the Worlds Most Fabulous ships wheel. There is still more to be done, but we love the results. That Octopus centerpiece is the sculpting and casting work of Michael Teasdale; video here. And the walnut rims are the work of the late great Hugh Hood. There is more to come; we need to restore the patina and add on one of Hugh’s favorite quotes to the inner rim. “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;” — ‎John Masefield

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