John's Blog
It’s a beautiful day here, I’ve just had lunch, am sitting in the main cabin looking out over the river at the water sliding past. Its heading for the open sea, a space full of wide horizons, islands and adventures waiting to be had. Being as summertime is so close,...John's Blog
Well, we’re past the spring equinox, so its autumn for a lot of my friends in the northern hemisphere, the best time of year many tell me. We’re into spring here, warmer, more sun, and the orchards and fields are covered in flowers. It’s a lovely time of...John's Blog
There are days when being an “armchair admiral” is not such a bad thing. To sit warm and comfortable, listening to the wind shrieking and laughing at you as it tears through the trees with the driving rain rattling on the windows and shaking the doors is a very...John's Blog
I usually try for Thursday or Friday for each weeks post, but I’m a day or two early this week. Painting is happening. Yeehah! Not far to go now. When painting, the undercoat tends to show up all the nasties, the blips and bumps that should have been sanded out...John's Blog
But its not a complete loss of time. Its Thursday evening, I’m still house sitting my sisters house up in the bush at the top of the hill. This ia a very peaceful place, and I’ve been able to spend some time working on the drawings for both SEI and the Saturday...John's Blog
I’ve been working away in the shop, fitting the seat tops and filleting them, turning the offcuts into doublers under the edges and sanding out the odd dribbles of epoxy, read on. Blog 4 September Its getting close, today I fitted the forward seat...