It’s too hot to work on the outside of the boat! I picked the tongue and groove cedar planks and almost regret it as keeping them in place to measure was quite the challenge (see title). Jeff persevered—close [...]

  Jeff said this was the first time he’d ever had to hire a machinist to make a part. We finally found a good-ole-boy shop in Palatka to cut a keyway in steering drive sprocket. Jeff [...]

Donny hard at work pressure washing our gal. The temperatures have been brutal so it’s time for a shade during deck work.

Cables and pulleys…it’s all Harry Potterish to me. Ultimately the steering wheel turns the rudder in the correct direction!