Geoffkryten🍀
@geoffkryten
Building a catamaran named STARBUG. It will look similar to the above photo, with Eco 7.5 hulls with significant safety and comfort modifications of my own design. Garden City, Idaho Free Palestine 🇵🇸
I’ve done a lot of correct measurements and they always make me happy, but this one was perfect to fractions of a millimeter, and perfectly level at the top, so I’m extra happy. That panel on the side is just keeping out of my way, it doesn’t belong there.
What a gorgeous day! This is where my boat will live when it’s built, the mighty Columbia River.
Starboard bow is now under construction. I’m glad to finally get this piece made so I can take the screws out of this board and make it flat again. Much more to do. The screws hold the shape of the bow as the epoxy bonds the pieces together.
About to fiberglass the tops of the steps (of my own design) for the bridge deck to the hull. Nice curves.
The damage was extensive when I had to turn the hull to move it. None of the inside had been fiberglassed yet so the core plastic was broken in places. It’s good to have it home though, I’m saving $120 a month and it’s a lot easier to work on it here. But I can’t grind or sand much: too loud.
By extending the length of bulkhead 6 I’ve made the deck flat instead of curved and I’ve given a lot more space to the hull in the back.
It’s home. I didn’t see anyone on the road the entire 3/10 of a mile. Lots of work to do on it.
My frustration is at full maximum in this clip after I broke a lot of the un-epoxied parts (stringers etc. not shown) trying to flip it over with the wheels and bulkhead frame attached a couple of days ago. It is repairable, contrary to my instant reaction. I’m back to my normal happy self now.
I thought about this procedure for a couple of years, and this was the best idea I could come up with. Seriously. I burned the crap out my hand on the rope that became instantly hot from the friction. The wheels on top are meant to turn the hull into a skateboard to wheel it home at 2am tomorrow.
Now what’s left inside is all the fiberglass and then it will be ready to flip over and move, because the landlord sold the place and I don’t know how long the new owner, a developer, will give me to get out.
It’s been a long time since I posted a video. Crazy heat dome has me working outside again.
There’s only one person who enjoys destroying things? This guy seems to be enjoying himself. Newsom has repeatedly vetoed progressive legislation that he ran on. He’s a corporate tool and he will never be president.
I’m still sore from Tuesday, walking 3.3 miles when as you can see I never walk anywhere. The day included 2 airports, BOI & SEA and 3 buses to get to Tacoma to get the truck.
Got home around midnight last night after driving the truck the entire distance from Seattle to Boise, something I can’t do in a car because the seating is too uncomfortable. It’s such a great truck! Trying to fit three cars into two spot parking but not incurring the landlord’s wrath.
Thank God it’s still January, because I’ve been mostly idle as far as work on boat parts goes. It’s really hard to change my routine, but I haven’t wasted the entire winter yet. I’ve made 3/4 of 5 eight foot long stringers. I need to make 16 more and then fiberglass all 7 of the starboard bulkheads
I bought a truck! The owner of the property I’m building my boat on put it (the property, not my boat) up for sale as he foretold. I need to be ready to move the boat when the land sells, so I got this. Later I’ll rent a trailer. The F-150 is in Tacoma, I’ll go pick it up in February.
I have 16 of these! I’m so happy I don’t have to buy any! These are for the casters for the dolly I will make for the hull. I’ll have to move it eventually because the owner is selling the property where I’m building the boat.
Lows in the 40s means outside epoxy work is done for the year. Kinda depressing.
It’s a mistake any halfwit could make. I knew I had made a mistake when it remained rubbery after six hours. The clumps show up when you sand it. Here I had started to grind it off.
This house built on the beach in Indonesia is brilliant, because there will be another tidal wave.
I’ve got about 8 gallons of epoxy left which means I’ve used 22 gallons, which means I’ll need to get more epoxy, but not until spring. I also need for time to slow down, because I’ve only got about two more guaranteed weeks left of this year of warm enough weather for epoxy work. A fortnight.
