Nothin to it!!

Timeframe: October 2011

Oh to have the energy you have the first few days for the whole project!! Things go pretty quick for the first couple of weeks in the garage, tho.

 

 

Think it'll float? Transom, stem and breasthook parts.

 

...and the first frame is born.

...See! Nothin to it! Then reality hits and Kathy and I don't even look at the boat until the busy holiday season passes. We have family in Ohio and Montana and friends all across the country, so we get spread pretty thin late in the year and it "back burners" our project.

 

 

da Pirate

Let's Build A Boat!!

 

Timeframe: October 2011

 



With the "preliminaries" out of the way, it's time to get started.

 

The first trip to the lumberyard (no warehouse yards for this stuff) and we are good to go. It's tough these days to find a "true" lumberyard, but the yards that are still out there generally have quality stuff that is very fun to walk around and look at. Not cheap, tho... I can't forget "you get what you pay for" while we work on this project. Too much personal time involved to waste energy on cheap goods!

 

In fact, the first lumber you cut isn't even for the boat! Ya gotta have a support for the new vessel to be created on...!

 

 

Time for the boat yet???

 

 

da Pirate





The Project Begins...

 

 

Yes, you have an advantage when you can build a boat in your garage, but like most people in America today, room can be an issue......

 

 

After 3 days and several trips to the dump, Goodwill, etc,

the garage becomes a BOAT SHOP!

 

 

Room to roam is always good...

 

 

da Pirate

 

 

 



Size Matters!

It's very nice to have a big boat like Ocean Alliance, however it DOES take a lot of preparation to take her out sailing, and because she's in Washington, she's on the WRONG COAST!!!

 

Considering the cost of moorage in addition to the hassles of a larger boat, we found a boat project that will fit in the garage, is easy to set up, and will go to windward at 60 MPH!!!

 

 

Behold, the GLEN-L Minuet overnight sloop!!

 

 At this point, it seems so simple, quick and easy!!

 

At my age, you would think I would know better. But alas......

 

 

da Pirate



Please allow us to introduce ourselves....

It's Kathy and Joel!

 

 

..oh wait, this is a boat blog! Sorry, wrong life.....

 

 

Aahhhhh! Much better!

 

 

We are a couple of energetic people that love being outdoors and have been around boating for most of our lives. Before moving to Texas, I lived aboard my 36' steel cutter OCEAN ALLIANCE in Friday Harbor, WA and we still make frequent trips to the San Juan Islands to enjoy her.

 

There she is..

 

Kathy and Mt Baker



Port of Friday Harbor


...which brings us to our new project......(in our next episode!)

Sometimes, it just starts as an idea!

20 September 2012

The project I am about to desribe and detail started about a year ago, but I never thought about creating a blog to let people follow our work until recently, so I've got a bit of catching up to do. Please bear with me!

Kathy and I live in Katy, Texas on the western outskirts of Houston. This puts us very close to the Gulf of Mexico to feed our "boating inspiration" and provides access to a lot of boat stores and parts places for our project.

As I figure this blogging thing out, expect lots of pics abd stories.

Thanx,

MtnPirate