Crunch Time!

The countdown is close!! With so much left to do, we had our work cut out for us for sure.

Andy worked on cleaning all the brass windows for the cabin and even polished them before installing both windows and applying caulk around the seals! now our cabin should be watertight (if we dont have a leak from the inside!)

This is what our boat will look like!!!! We pulled the boat outside right before a big storm came our way today just to put the mast up on the boat to see what she would look like! (Although we still dont have a name for our vessel) It was an awesome sight, this was for sure the inspiration we needed to keep working hard!

Steven and Andrew did a great job putting the new mast together with Zeb and got all of the pieces right where they were supposed to be the first time.

Cole, Sarah, and Rachel put the first and second coat of epoxy on both sides of all of our deck boards and cabin boards, the next step will be to varnish the topsides of the boards before installing the final product.

Corin and Dan got all of the wood cut for benches.  These are a special design that will curve with the side of the boat and get thinner as the seat moves towards the stern of the boat.  They even got a coat of epoxy on these boards before the day was over! We will varnish and then wait until the deck boards are in place before the seats will be ready to put in.

Even though our deck boards are cut, we had to do some specialty cuts around the bench supports which are tied into the ribs of the hull.  Chris worked hard on this project to make our deck look special before we splash water all over the boat.  we really hope it floats when we move to the lake!