Further Realization of Garage Smallness and Some Work Done

I had every intention of photographing every step I took and logging every little bit of work along with all my witty insights along the way. It turns out it is difficult to take pictures when you are wearing latex gloves covered in epoxy, and the actual work required to build the boat is almost enough to do at one time. I'm also not bremming over with fascinating reflections on the process. I'm still going to do the best I can. I took a couple pictures this morning, and you're going to have to settle for some rather dull observations instead of witty insights.

When I built that 16' table, I thought "this is huge; there will be plenty of room." That opinion changed when the kit actually arrived and I opened the boxes. I know I mentioned that the day the boxes showed up, but it bares repeating. The garage is pretty small, even without cars in it. It is also a big mess.

I brought a folding banquet table into the garage to have another surface area on which to stack things. I need to take an axe to some of that stuff in the garage and throw it out. Maybe I will work more on garage organization today.

I have done some actual work. I glued the rub rails and the #1 strakes. I am not sure why the rub rails are the first thing in the instructions. It seems like it leaves you with some really long pieces of wood that you don't do much with until much later in the build. Maybe it makes sense to do them while you have your big long table set up. The strakes are still curing. Maybe I should have done another set of them last night, but I ran out of steam. Since it is summer in Florida, I am doing most of my work at night.

I was expecting scarf jounts on the strakes, but apparently there's been a change in the 2008 model of the PMD. They now have puzzel joints.

I can see how the puzzle joints are a little more idiot proof than scarf joints. The rub rails had scarf joints and I somehow got them a little more crooked than they could have been. It wasn't a disaster, just not quite perfect. I worry about how noticible the puzzle joints will be when varnished. I am sure I will have bigger concerns though before I get anywhere near varnishing.