Cart before the Horse

I have done it again. Lined up another project before the first one is done but timing is everything. I stumbled across an unfinished tender for sale that had some nice classic lines and would be a perfect match for the classic sailboat that əkwâr`ēəs is. The problem: it is still unfinished although the tough part of the job is completed the time consuming part is yet to be done. She is fashioned after an older style pram with beautiful mahogany accents on okoume plywood over a frame of steam bent white oak. It is held together with silicon bronze screws and 5200 adhesive. What it needs now is filling and fairing of all the screw holes. The main hull to be painted inside and out. All of the mahogany to be pulled and varnished and the final seats to be fitted and varnished. Along with lots of other little things to make it stand out; sanding, easing, oar locks, oars, cleats, etc. It is a fraction larger than I would like. She is just under 8' but closer to 7' at the water line and a high free board. She is wide, very wide; 52"wide. That is the most troubling for storage especially upended on the bow but will make for a very stable row boat. Hopefully I get a break over Christmas and can get the main body painted then just varnish the smaller parts in the basement. Why are some boats so pretty?