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Ongoing ProgressClick on the buttons below to get the updates for those two weeks. ( I'll put the newest information near the top of the
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1-4-2008 1:45 PM January Update
Uncharted waters have just been entered -
"again". Columbus had it easy compared to the shark invested
waters I'm trying to chart my way thru. LOL
Yesterday I finished planning the front sponsons flat,
they are ready to have new Okoume wood installed (down the road a little
ways yet). The deck was all prepared for new Okoume before we rolled the
boat over. Once it is rolled back over to right side up, the work should
accelerate - hopefully....
Today it was all the way UP to 40 degrees. So I worked
on the back end of the boat. Four feet of the bottom has been removed so
that new Okoume wood can be attached. This will remove the LAST of the bad
wood. After the battens are sanded and leveled, the router will be
used on the transom to remove 6 mm of the old wood and inlay 6 mm of
NEW Okoume wood to the transom. This event will actually be
turning the BIG corner of our restoration project. YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!
There is still some HAND cutting to do on the piece
removed. The router will only get so close to the sides. I did manage to
get the center piece cut out in one piece. That will help me when I have
to cut the hole in the bottom for the new shaft strut and shaft log.
When the new transom is in place, put the bottom
section back on and keep marching forward.
If the weather stays where it is, progress should
continue to marching forward. I'm hoping to be finished with the woodwork
by spring so that I can start varnishing the bottom.
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A piece of the bottom of the boat that was cut out to save the shape and size for the shaft
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The circular thing on the boat is Bob's new heater so he can work outside a
little sooner
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1-3-2008 8:03 PM Construction Pictures (original ones)
I took these pictures for a guy in Missouri who
NOW owns the boat that is being built back in the right rear corner.
He didn't have any pictures of the boat being built and you know I don't
throw anything away (unless it's something I will need later, then it is
either given away or thrown away... LOL). The main picture subject of
course is our boat while it was under construction in 1981. They are
photos from our N-22 Photo album. I would never have undertaken this
project without all the pictures that Kathy took yrs ago. This week I took
them with MY digital camera by the sliding glass door.
Also in the pictures are Mike Hanson who built our
boat. Russ Hagg who owned the other boat being built, Jeff Campbell (who
later became a Miss Budweiser crew member) ME, our sponsor Randy DeMoss, a
friend from work Frankie Rubel
Russ's boat (now Dan's) is also sitting with ours
at the Seattle Coliseum during the Speed Show (his is the rainbow colored
one).
A couple of other pictures are of the Atlas Van Lines
in Don's shop next to our boat. This was just after Bill Muncey was killed
in Acapulco Mexico in that boat (if he had the new cockpits, he might
still be very much alive).
Different subject..... today I got VERY, VERY brave and
started removing the back 4' of the bottom of the boat... Man oh man is
that scary...... it was warmer today, so I got to work out there for
a little longer (it was up to 34 degrees). Tomorrow I will continue to
remove that portion of the bottom. Pictures when it is removed so you can
see what I'm talking about.
Status.. the deck is ready for the new wood, the two
sponsons are now ready for new wood. After the the bottom 4' is removed
and prepared, it will be ready for new wood..... she will be turning the
corner and becoming a race boat again.
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Mike Hanson (left), Randy DeMoss,
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Bob Bolam, Randy DeMoss 1981
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Randy DeMoss 1981
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Randy DeMoss & Bob Bolam 1981 |
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Russ Hagg & Jeff Campbell in 1981
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See BillMuncy's Atlas Van Lines in the background upside down |
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Bolam's Express - Ongoing Progress
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