So yeah, THE BOAT ISN'T FINISHED YET and the semester is rapidly coming to a close. I have been able to get some shop time, which has been great. Over the weekend I jointed and planed the crappy lumber that I purchased at home depot. This stuff is what I used to build the molds and jigs that the boat is built around. I'm hoping that I can get over there one more day before everything closes down for the semester.
I visited the SHIP STORE INC. in Marina Del Rey. They did have a lot of the brass, copper and stainless steel hardware that are needed for my project, but their prices were pretty insane. One of the guys working there referred me to a company out of Rhode Island that sells that sort of stuff at really good prices. It's called Jamestown Distributors. I found their website, and the guy from the Ship Store was spot on. The prices from JD were great, and they have everything I need as far as hardware goes. PERFECT!
So you might expect I have gone with other Christmas gift plans for my parents since there's a good chance that this won't be totally finished until after the holidays are over. Besides, I couldn't really figure out a way to get it back to Idaho. Once I actually do finish this project, if I can't figure out a way to get it back to my parents, maybe I'll try to sell it down at the marina or something.
I plan on keeping the blog going until it is totally finished even though the semester will be over.