Much too busy!
I have been flat out working at SCAMP Camp ( with a side
expedition to the dentist to get a broken tooth fixed) pretty much ever since I
got here to the Port Townsend area so have been very lax in my postings here on
the blog.
We do though have a pretty good Facebook page up and running, thanks to my helpers there, thats Jackie, Pete and Chuck. Lots to read and lots of pics.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/440526479459574/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/440526479459574/
We’re having a lot of fun at the SCAMP build class, halfway
through the build class the boats are about on track with all of the frames and
internal structure up, and tomorrow (Monday) we’ll be hanging the first pair of
planks, filleting which is a seemingly endless task, fitting
the cleats to which the cockpit floor and seat tops will be fitted and organising for the second pair of planks.
By Wednesday the boats should be all planked up, “Real”
boats, and this crew are doing a nice job of them. Well done Dana, Bruce, Steve and Daniel.
The photo software “here” is not working the way I want, so
please forgive the lack of pics on this post, it wants to do “Cloud” storage
rather than keeping them on my hard drive, I’ll work it out.
In the meantime, its Sunday morning as I write, I had a
little sleep in, and am now fiddling around learning the new sofware on the
Macbook Air I’ve just bought as a replacement for my old laptop. Nice, it runs for around 12 hours on a
charge, great! The old one struggled to get 2 hours.
So I was reading some of the threads over on the WoodenBoat
forum, a good plae to “hang out” when wanting some interesting reading, and
found three threads on builds of my designs there that will interest.
Suzy Jackson is coming along well with her Navigator build,
lots of pics there,
Mal is making very good progress with his Sundowner,
This is a very substantial little boat, lots of space
inside, and he’s doing a decent job of it.
Nice work Mal.
There is a good thread on a SCAMP build “here”. Bruce in South Australia is coming along well
with his little boat, and has documented the victories and trials that he’s
encountered along the way.
And there is discussion on the big “Pilgrim” open boat cruiser I designed for myself a
while back but never got further than the frames before circumstances meant I
had to abandon the build and find somewhere else to live and work.
The pics of Chip Matthews big curvy beauty are well worth a
look.
Thanks Chip.
I’ll be back in a couple of days, I promise.
John Welsford
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