Day 12: Trailering the Hull back to Seattle

The boat is home safe on Whidbey Island. We loaded it on the trailer this morning for the 6 hour drive from Idaho. The fillets and glass were well cured and hopefully kept out the water from the rainy drive.

View from bow to stern of the gunwale after the clamps came off.

Here are some pics of the epoxy/wood powder caps on the transom and bow post.

Transom closeup

Bowpost cap

Closeup

The boat emerging from the shop.

Also a couple pics of out morning routine at Gail & Lonnie's; morning tea, great breakfast and the Lewiston paper.

Leaving the shop.

Leaving Lonnie & Gail's and pointing it to Seattle.

Day 11: Glueing the Gunwale (Outwale)

Today was the final long day in Deary. We got the outside gunwale on and cleaned up our mess in Lonnie & Gail's shop. It was a treat to get to work in their shop, use the big saws and have their support! We also had some fine dinning and excellent wines thanks to Dee. We had a great time building the hull, having delicious dinners, playing with the dogs Copper and Tundra, eating fresh veggies right out of Gail's garden, watching old-school dory videos and getting really dusty in the shop. My only regret was that I didn't bring enough chocolate. I've put it on the materials list for the next boat. Tomorrow we will load the hull on the trailer and take off for seattle and whidbey island and say farewell to Gail, Lonnie and the dogs. It was a fun trip!