29 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
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...
28 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
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...
28 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
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.
23 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
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...
23 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
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...
21 Aug 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
As you can see in the photo, lots of progress has been made. The deck is painted, the hull license numbers are in place, the Austin Healy windshield is finally on, and the coamings have been been mated to the windshield frame and shaped. Just visible on the port...
11 Jul 2006 | Boats & Boatbuilding
Here the boat now, in its present state. The interior painting is almost done. The coaming is rough cut and propped up in place. There’s a tunnel made of vacuum system tubing installed under the starboard gunwale for routing the steering cable and the electrical...
