Here are a few catch-up photos from the last few days of being too tired to tell stories. Below is a shot of drilling the holes for four eleven-inch stainless steel twelve dollar goddam bolts that hold the oarlocks to the gunwale. The levels are clamped to the side of the boat to give me a visual idea of where I am heading. Astonishingly, it worked.
Test-fitting the new hatch lids.
Hurrying the epoxied-on nonskid texture by the wood stove.
Peering through the self-bailer with the boat up on its side.
Painting lids
Then suddenly this evening: done.
Now what? Plenty. Tomorrow Edith comes down from the loft to go for a ride up to Grand Canyon for a party with the Kolb family on Wednesday/Thursday. Betty will be going upstairs to let her paint cure until a river screams out for us to go run it. And Euphrates and Lodore will be coming in this weekend for a bottom beef-up next week. No rest for the psychotic boatbuilder.
Nicely done Brad. Have fun with Edith!
ReplyDeleteLike a good woman, the end result is greater than the some of her parts, and she has some really nice parts! Well done chap, Ronn and the others would/should be very proud.
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She is beautiful! I have to come up and see her. You are amazing Bradford!
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