In with the car, out with the boat

I'm hoping weekly updates will inspire me to keep motivated without boring my fans to much. 

After a whole week of house and pet sitting (9 pets in all) and overdue car maintenance,  it's out with the boat and in with the car. 

But, with regards to the boat this week, not all (learning) is lost. I thought the boat might be kinda easy getting out of the garage compared to getting it back into the garage. As you can see, the driveway is on an incline. Much to my surprise,  it was just as easy getting it back into the garage. The boat and cradle, at this point are only about 200 lbs. That and the fact I mounted 8 wheels under the cradle made it a breeze. What you see under the front of the cradle are a couple of my lead ballast bags used as wheel chocks. I also threw some blankets on her to protect her from the brutal Az UV rays (the back half of the boat is in the shade).

More Hull & Bulkheads

Weekly update (starting now lol).

This step (stitching in bulkheads) is on p.67. If you read far enough ahead (p.83, but is first pictured on p.72), a temporary lower-breast-hook needs to be installed between now and the glassing stage (future builders take note). I will remove the actual lower-breast-hook right before fiberglassing this area.

Also, notice I added a bit of plywood vertically behind bulkhead 2. That's where the wiring will be tied down later.

I added the cleat on bulkhead 2 at this point because so many people were having problems here when attaching it earlier. However, I have my own challenge: the R.Bottom Hull is bulging upwards about 1" at Floor#3. When I put my weight on it, it drops that floor even with the rest. I hope as construction continues, that will pop into place. Just in case, I plan to add some weight there during filleting and glassing and hope it holds. I guess that's why not too many people build wooden boats in the VERY DRY Arizona desert (this stuff is warping, but the overall construction should iron most of it out).