The Black & Tan

Today we worked on the trailer and gunnels a bit, nice to have her out in the sun again. Mack has also been doing some fine artwork on what will be our future inlay/brand/christmas tree ornaments/t-shirts lunchbox mugs etc.......

The Dories....

Who's counting anyway? Fairing, wasn't so fair to us. Anyhow, as you can see, Mack has installed the gunnels and secured them with epoxy and some nice brass hardware! The boat was shipped to the shop where Mack works, couldn't have asked for a better place to work on our boat, especially in this terrible but much needed rainstorm. Thanks to the guys at ESI once again, for lending us the space and the truck. Today we did some light touches to the interior, the we faired the exterior hull using west system and 407/410 filler. The hull was wetted out with epoxy, then faired with the compound. Tomorrow we will sand it level and add a final coat of epoxy before painting, which is when things should really get interesting! here are some pics and vids from today......

A fine handcrafted net made by TMack Hodges, 2nd edition, first with trout inlay! this logo will eventually round out our dory. This was Mack's wedding gift to me, a handcrafted trout net fashioned from a single maple branch, cant wait to put some truchas in it!

Just a few photos this week, rain has been slowing us down. We've added another coat of epoxy inside and out, and begun sanding and prep for the paint. The transom has been detailed as well with some nice sapelle, which was cut, biscuited and epoxied to the doug fir transom.