Bardick, Trip 2

For our second time out I installed one of the removable passenger seats, so we could provide a friend with a bit of a cruise. (The “trunk” lid folds back and over, and the seat or seats easily bolt to it. This way we have flexible seating for 1 to 4...

Bardick, Trip 1

The maiden voyage! Mixed weather in Ganges Harbour, but a very rewarding, if somewhat damp, trip. About an hour and a half took us around the harbor, some of the islands, including Goat Island near the cove where we have often walked, around Musgrove Point, Scott...

Launched!

She is in the water! The splash from the christening is actually visible in this photo, below the bow eye. The control cables are finally in, and adjusted… and even color coordinated. (Many thanks to the good folks at Harbour’s End Marine.) This is a spot...

A Final Hurdle

So the boatyard trailer arrived, the boat was loaded without event, and hauled to the public ramp in Ganges. The motor started smoothly… and then wouldn’t respond to the throttle… because the control cables were never installed! Off to the yard to...

Christened!

What a difference from the corroded, holed, peeling hull that was plunked down in the dirt of the driveway a year and half ago.The christening was eventful…A tip: do not do as Chapman’s recommends and score your champagne bottle so it will break more easily…. The bottle had exploded, thankfully prevented from distributing glass shrapnel about the living room by the wrapping.The naming ceremony proceeded with a bit of salvaged champagne poured over the bow in the modern tradition, and bottle of Mike’s Hard Lemonade smashed on the bow stem in the old tradition, for good measure.As noted in a previous comment, the name Bardick is a blended word made from my maternal grandparents first names when they named their classic Lyman runabout.

Odds and Ends

Updates are getting a little behind, but in the mean time here is a look at the way work is progressing. It is down to lots of little odds and ends, like hooking up the wiring harness, the VHF antenna, and putting all the tie down straps, padeyes, footman loops and so...

Seating and Controls

Progress is happening fast now. The front seating is in, and the Honda control console has been bolted in place and wired to the engine. The PFD’s are visible in the locker under the rear seating platform. That’s a throw bag hanging from the boat hook in...