The Gleda Project

I spent the first hour and a bit at the barn working on a non-boatbuilding task. I’d been reading about the benefits of working at a standing desk rather than spending hours sitting. It sounds a bit radical but for some time now I’ve been testing and adopting different ways of working to make me [...]

A good session today. I started with an hour spent sanding the entire sail locker compartment before having a mega clean up and then wiping down all the surfaces with acetone. I then got the paint out again and got a first coat on the beam trough, forward bulkhead and underside of the deck. I [...]

I had a mild panic this morning when I got to the boat and found that the second coat of paint I’d put on the forward watertight compartment was still wet, but it didn’t take long to realise why. The wind dropped overnight and there was quite a bit of fog around this morning… high [...]

Another dark damp January day but I had a bright day working inside ‘Gleda’. It was one of those sessions where the work seems to flow nicely and there was plenty of satisfaction to be had not least because I got the paintbrush out and got two coats of my new Acrylic paint onto the [...]

A day of running around today so no time spent at the barn. I’m pleased to say that I have my Landrover back and although I could really have done without the not inconsiderable unplanned cost I now have a much improved vehicle. It seems that that the transfer gearbox had destroyed itself and as [...]

Here I am again, time strapped and slowing. But I’m not complaining as it’s essential I devote more time to the business for a little while. Today I managed just a couple of hours and I spent them planing sanding and routing on the starboard cabin sides and tops, exactly as I did on the [...]