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1: Keel box is coming along. - (3111 Reads)
2: Whole lot of filleting going on. - (2734 Reads)
3: Wow, progress on the Dix Didi Mini.... - (2369 Reads)
4: Got some time off from the shop and worked on the Mini today! - (1957 Reads)
5: More time to work on the keel. - (1675 Reads)
6: Worked on the keel and deck some today. - (1636 Reads)
7: Finished cutting out the deck parts. - (1577 Reads)
8: Keel is almost finished.... - (1574 Reads)
9: MIA. What is Sam doing on his Dix? - (1572 Reads)
10: More keel work.... - (1531 Reads)
11: Not much going on with the Dix - (1418 Reads)
12: Back at it. Have a deadline. - (1322 Reads)
13: Shaping the aluminum in the keel box. - (1270 Reads)
14: Mini Transat 2007 started on Tuesday. - (1239 Reads)
15: Got the last of the aluminum plate cut for the keel today. - (1034 Reads)
16: Back in the garage. - (1018 Reads)
17: Photo Gallery - NEW - (975 Reads)
18: New WebLinks Added - (933 Reads)
19: Kip Stone's Open 50 Artforms - (923 Reads)
20: Wiring for the ST60 Wind instrument is complete - (920 Reads)
21: D & W Boatworks - Didi Mini Construction Site - (836 Reads)
22: Busy with everything but the Didi Mini. - (829 Reads)
23: Trailer is almost finished - (797 Reads)
24: Annapolis here I come.... - (794 Reads)
25: GBCA - TGIF - Second Place in Shorthanded fleet - (793 Reads)
26: Seminars in Newport, RI. - (790 Reads)
27: Mystery in a box..... - (784 Reads)
28: Supervisor - Silent Ralph - (771 Reads)
29: What has Sam been doing for the past week... - (766 Reads)
30: Man I'm tired..... - (765 Reads)
31: What is happening.... - (760 Reads)
32: Plans for the next 90 days - (719 Reads)
33: More parts are liberated from the aluminum plate. - (712 Reads)
34: More Dix Didi Mini News. - (707 Reads)
35: Vendor worth mentioning. - (704 Reads)
36: I'm back from Bermuda 1-2. - (701 Reads)
37: New Autopilot / Tiller Mount from Drew Wood. - (699 Reads)
38: I'm Back. - (697 Reads)
39: More aluminum cutting. - (697 Reads)
40: Continuing TGIF Saga's - (688 Reads)
41: Some of the Bermuda 1-2 pictures are in the Photo Gallery - (688 Reads)
42: 'FrankenTrailer' is almost ready to go. - (677 Reads)
43: Rita, go away..... Don't come this way...... - (674 Reads)
44: Part three of the Great Annapolis Adventure - (672 Reads)
45: I am building a Didi Mini designed by Dudley Dix. - (669 Reads)
46: TGIF ends this Saturday, too bad, so sad. - (660 Reads)
47: Part four - Great Annapolis Adventure - (660 Reads)
48: History of 175 a 1997 Pogo 6.50m - (650 Reads)
49: Transom is started. - (644 Reads)
50: Started cutting the aluminum for the keel and keel support. - (642 Reads)
51: From a family of 'Runners' and damn proud of it.... - (640 Reads)
52: Last installment of the Annapolis Great Adventure - (628 Reads)
53: Making small pieces of Aluminum from large pieces. - (627 Reads)
54: Canting Keel Pin got here. - (622 Reads)
55: Cradle for Pogo has arrived. - (610 Reads)
56: In Newport, RI. - (610 Reads)
57: Racing Texas Style..... - (608 Reads)
58: Some more of the Annapolis Adventure - (608 Reads)
59: Back in the shop. To cool to epoxy though. - (607 Reads)
60: All you need to build a boat.... - (603 Reads)
61: Cleaned up the shop.... - (602 Reads)
62: Made it to Meridian, MS - (600 Reads)
63: The hull is turned right side up. Yeah - (597 Reads)
64: Transom Finished - (587 Reads)
65: Wish me luck.... - (582 Reads)
66: Starting on the interior of the Dix. - (581 Reads)
67: Happy days in boat ownership..... - (569 Reads)
68: Some time to sail. - (566 Reads)
69: New home for Orion's Belt. - (560 Reads)
70: On the road again..... - (559 Reads)
71: Revamped the build section in the Photo Gallery - (552 Reads)
72: Wow this thing is bigger that it looks on paper! - (550 Reads)
73: Road trip.... Or What the heck is in Willis Texas? - (550 Reads)
74: OK, Rita was a near miss..... Yeah for us. East Texas you are in my prayers. - (548 Reads)
75: Doublers on Station #3 - (548 Reads)
76: Another TGIF Completed - (545 Reads)
77: Epoxy on the fiberglass. Yeah. - (544 Reads)
78: On the way to Annapolis - (542 Reads)
79: Created Crucible for the lead ballast. - (542 Reads)
80: The first half of 2 of about 36 butt splices..... - (540 Reads)
81: The bulb is out and in one piece. - (538 Reads)
82: Laminated the daggerboard. Yeah. - (535 Reads)
83: New work table for glassing. - (534 Reads)
84: Last things.... - (533 Reads)
85: Interior work is interior work. - (532 Reads)
86: Dagger board is out of the bag and out of the peel ply. - (532 Reads)
87: Progress on the Didi Mini Proto project. - (531 Reads)
88: Dave Christensen's 'Mini' Didi Mini - (530 Reads)
89: See I told you so.... - (527 Reads)
90: Second fairing of the radius chines is finished. - (527 Reads)
91: My SWMBO said I can't play with the Wheel Weights anymore! - (523 Reads)
92: Pattern is out of the mold..... - (523 Reads)
93: Getting the trailer for the Pogo. - (521 Reads)
94: Mixed Concrete to make bulb mold. - (520 Reads)
95: It's Official. Orion's Belt will be in the Regatta de Amigos! - (518 Reads)
96: What 36 sheets of plywood look like in a truck.... - (517 Reads)
97: Well another TGIF raced. - (517 Reads)
98: Expensive Planks.... - (515 Reads)
99: Yea, out on the water for the first time! - (514 Reads)
100: The last radius chine is installed. - (514 Reads)
101: Epoxied the bunk top and side extensions on. - (513 Reads)
102: The boat that I am building. - (511 Reads)
103: Finished fairing the bow cap and filleting bulkhead #2. - (511 Reads)
104: Faired the foils some more and built the casting flask for the keel. - (510 Reads)
105: USA 175 Orion's Belt is accepted in Race to the Border - (509 Reads)
106: USA 175 Has a new name. - (502 Reads)
107: Late Breaking News..... - (500 Reads)
108: More pictures of the new boat. - (500 Reads)
109: Orion's Belt's new home. - (499 Reads)
110: The boat design experts have spoken..... - (498 Reads)
111: Need a trailer. - Update - (494 Reads)
112: Got the berth doublers all epoxied on today. - (493 Reads)
113: USA 175 is at the Riggers. - (492 Reads)
114: Go ahead Sam drill the hole....... - (492 Reads)
115: Wanted to wish all a Happy Easter. - (491 Reads)
116: Almost 70 degree's today. Epoxied for a while. - (489 Reads)
117: Identifying CNC panels and Bulkhead Numbers. - (488 Reads)
118: Closer and closer to the water..... - (488 Reads)
119: Let the Scarfing begin. - (487 Reads)
120: Last of the scarfs for the hull bottom. - (487 Reads)
121: Turned to injections to help with the AZ Rash.... - (486 Reads)
122: I got half of the keel bulb poured today. Big day. - (485 Reads)
123: Worked on bulkheads today. - (483 Reads)
124: Back to building. - (482 Reads)
125: Almost finished getting the Pogo ready. - (482 Reads)
126: Cleaned up my mess from pre B 1-2 work.... - (482 Reads)
127: Working on shear clamp. - (481 Reads)
128: More berth front filleting. - (481 Reads)
129: White Christmas in South Texas - (480 Reads)
130: Most of the keel was delivered today. - (480 Reads)
131: Dave and Wendy and flipped their Didi Mini..... - (479 Reads)
132: Lots of fairing compound going on..... - (479 Reads)
133: Cleaning up edges. - (478 Reads)
134: More @#$%*() on the inside, to cold to epoxy. - (478 Reads)
135: More radius chines installed today. - (477 Reads)
136: Another three project day. - (477 Reads)
137: Sanding and scraping - (477 Reads)
138: What a week..... - (477 Reads)
139: Cutting the last panel, yeah! - (476 Reads)
140: TGIF Series is over for 2005. - (476 Reads)
141: Got to work some on the interior today. - (476 Reads)
142: To cold to epoxy so had to find other things to do. - (476 Reads)
143: Measure, remeasure and measure again. - (475 Reads)
144: Foam floatation started. - (475 Reads)
145: The "Grand Erection" finally happened..... - (474 Reads)
146: All doublers on except for #10 - Transom - (474 Reads)
147: Road Trip!!!! - (473 Reads)
148: Busy, busy day. - (470 Reads)
149: Laminated one of the rudders today. - (470 Reads)
150: One complete liberated 'bulkhead' kit. - (469 Reads)
151: Still Alive! - (469 Reads)
152: Look I'm flying....... - (469 Reads)
153: More of the second layer of fiberglass on the starboard side of the keel box. - (469 Reads)
154: My other addiction. - (467 Reads)
155: Station #3 & #4 - (467 Reads)
156: Buzz! Buzz! I'm a Busy Bee..... - (467 Reads)
157: You can never have to many clamps. - (467 Reads)
158: Station "0" is on the Bow Stem - (465 Reads)
159: Cut stringer support notches in bunk area and did some epoxying. - (464 Reads)
160: Beautiful day in the neighborhood. - (464 Reads)
161: Frist rudder is out of the bag. - (464 Reads)
162: That's what friends are for..... - (463 Reads)
163: Making dust. - (463 Reads)
164: Hole in the bottom of the boat.... - (463 Reads)
165: The 'Bottom Dr. Dave' is coming to town. - (462 Reads)
166: All purple. - (462 Reads)
167: Orion's Belt looking more like a sailboat everyday. - (461 Reads)
168: Still splaying and fitting the second layer of radius chines. - (461 Reads)
169: After two panels are finished. - (460 Reads)
170: We made it to Charleston, SC. - (460 Reads)
171: 12 more outer radius panels glued and screwed today. - (460 Reads)
172: Rudder #2 is out of the bag and trimmed. - (460 Reads)
173: Ahead of schedule for the first time in months. - (459 Reads)
174: Pre fitting the fiberglass on the Didi - (459 Reads)
175: Pulled all the toggles off the berth top and attached the berth back. - (459 Reads)
176: I'm back!!!!! - (457 Reads)
177: All work and no visual progress. - (456 Reads)
178: Got to work a few hours more today on the Didi. - (456 Reads)
179: Home again, home again. - (455 Reads)
180: Taking a break..... - (454 Reads)
181: Time to cut hull stringers...... - (454 Reads)
182: 2nd coat of Epoxy is almost all on. - (454 Reads)
183: Port side upper skin is on. - (453 Reads)
184: Scraped some more.... - (453 Reads)
185: Turning the boat purple...... - (452 Reads)
186: Epoxied the mast box together. - (452 Reads)
187: Slowest fiberglasser on the planet. - (452 Reads)
188: USA 175 has a new OGM Led Tri Color - (451 Reads)
189: Stringers are going in.... - (450 Reads)
190: Completed the radius chines today. Yeah! - (450 Reads)
191: Installed the Bow Stem - (449 Reads)
192: Put in fiberglass tape and high density fillets along the aft backbone. - (449 Reads)
193: Pod Cast. - Famous in my own mind...... - (447 Reads)
194: Fiberglass on the port side of the keel box. - (447 Reads)
195: Intermediate floor supports are trimed. - (446 Reads)
196: Sanding is over....... Yeah - (445 Reads)
197: Finished putting on tangent doublers today. - (445 Reads)
198: More epoxy on. - (445 Reads)
199: Installed berth top supports along the berth front. Worked on aft ballast tanks. - (445 Reads)
200: USA 175 - Work has begun on the keel. - (444 Reads)
201: I'm back from DC and stringing fast and furious. - (443 Reads)
202: Time to splash the Pogo for 2006. - (443 Reads)
203: Bunk top support cleats are installed. - (443 Reads)
204: Second coat of epoxy on the inside of the hull is DONE. - (443 Reads)
205: Another busy day on the Pogo - (442 Reads)
206: Turning Hull on Saturday 10/21 at 2:00 pm - (441 Reads)
207: More foam and started filleting in the aft water tank sides. - (441 Reads)
208: Liberation Day II - (439 Reads)
209: More sanding and .fairing of the foils and finished the keel bulb casting flask - (439 Reads)
210: More sanding on the interior - (439 Reads)
211: Working on Pogo today - (439 Reads)
212: More coating.... - (438 Reads)
213: USA175 - Another day under the boat. - (437 Reads)
214: Creative clamping 101. - (437 Reads)
215: Worked on Orion's Belt today. - (436 Reads)
216: Gone for the next 5 days. - (436 Reads)
217: Worked on the keel box, deck stringers and the keel box. - (436 Reads)
218: Start of Harvest Moon - (435 Reads)
219: Stringers #3 & #4 are in on both sides. - (435 Reads)
220: Sheer Clamp and Cleats ready to go on. - (435 Reads)
221: Scarphing and cutting of rebates on hull panels is through. - (435 Reads)
222: Scraping off the high spots. - (435 Reads)
223: Epoxy coated the berth tops. - (434 Reads)
224: First coat of epoxy is on. Major milestone. - (433 Reads)
225: Filleting and Fiberglassing, Oh my..... - (433 Reads)
226: Mid and rear section backbones in place - (432 Reads)
227: Making more 'Scraping Snow' - (432 Reads)
228: Third time is the charm! NOT.... Was premature. - (430 Reads)
229: Center section of fiberglass reinforcing of keel hull area is in. - (430 Reads)
230: Got a coat of epoxy on most of the interior parts. - (429 Reads)
231: Working on rudders while I am waiting for epoxy hardener. - (429 Reads)
232: Gluing the second layer of radius chine on. - (428 Reads)
233: Another day another coat of primer.... - (428 Reads)
234: Bulkheads and backbone butt splices and lamination is complete. - (427 Reads)
235: Started attaching Tangent Doublers - (426 Reads)
236: Started getting the Pogo ready for Bermuda 1-2. - (426 Reads)
237: Back from Harvest Moon 2004 - (423 Reads)
238: First layer of radius chine is installed..... - (423 Reads)
239: Ready to epoxy the hull for the second layer. - (422 Reads)
240: My first totally 'liberated' panel. - (421 Reads)
241: Away for a few days.... - (421 Reads)
242: One of my Birthday Gifts. - (419 Reads)
243: Fiberglassing and Fairing. - (419 Reads)
244: Busy week.... - (417 Reads)
245: Found the bottom in the pile of plywood.... - (416 Reads)
246: Curses foiled again.... - (416 Reads)
247: Begining to look like 'Big Barney'. - (415 Reads)
248: OK, back to work on the interior. - (415 Reads)
249: Plan 'B' for getting Pogo in the water. - (414 Reads)
250: Port side Sheer Clamp is on. - (414 Reads)
251: Liberal application of topical abarasive is helping the rash. - (414 Reads)
252: Yeah, time to work on the boat. - (412 Reads)
253: More sanding and then started epoxying the inside of the hull. - (412 Reads)
254: Cold again but warming up. - (412 Reads)
255: Berth tops finally epoxied down. - (412 Reads)
256: Upper starboard hull section is on. - (411 Reads)
257: Back to working on the boat during the week again. - (411 Reads)
258: Some progress today. - (411 Reads)
259: Back to the drawing board on the keel bulb form. - (410 Reads)
260: Warm enough to work again.... - (410 Reads)
261: Finished applying second ply on the starboard side. - (408 Reads)
262: Oh no, my boat has broken out in a rash. - (408 Reads)
263: Dust, dust everywhere. - (408 Reads)
264: More epoxying on the interior. - (408 Reads)
265: Got the starboard sheer clamp on today.... - (407 Reads)
266: Almost ready to put the third and fina coat of epoxy on the hull. - (407 Reads)
267: Making fair progress - (406 Reads)
268: Tangent Doublers are all cut and fit. - (406 Reads)
269: Yea, got to work on something other than prime and sand! - (406 Reads)
270: Got out the PVClamps again. - (406 Reads)
271: Installed most of the deck stringers. - (406 Reads)
272: Almost ready to laminate one of the rudders. - (406 Reads)
273: Almost finished with the reinforcing fiberglass in the keel area. - (406 Reads)
274: All the stringers are in. - (405 Reads)
275: Back at it. I've been sick..... ;-( - (405 Reads)
276: Cooling off again. - (405 Reads)
277: Back at it. - (405 Reads)
278: Installed the new Solar Panel on the Pogo - (404 Reads)
279: Worked some filleting the intermediates in. - (403 Reads)
280: Built a mount for the new 75 watt Solar Panel for the Pogo - (401 Reads)
281: More work on the aft water ballast tank sides. - (400 Reads)
282: Did the final fit on berth tops..... - (400 Reads)
283: Almost all the tangent doublers on. - (399 Reads)
284: Got a little work done. - (399 Reads)
285: Dave Christensen was right again..... - (397 Reads)
286: More sanding...... - (397 Reads)
287: Third time is the charm! NOT.... - (396 Reads)
288: Bottom flat panel is on. Yeah...... - (395 Reads)
289: AZ Rash is back! - (395 Reads)
290: Put primer on the bow cap and started the rudders. - (394 Reads)
291: Sanding more and more. - (393 Reads)
292: More pictures of Stations #3 & #4 - (392 Reads)
293: Not much done today. - (392 Reads)
294: Keel bulb pattern is very close. - (392 Reads)
295: Worked on the foils some more. - (391 Reads)
296: Odds and ends to day. - (391 Reads)
297: Finished trimming and fitting bunks. - (390 Reads)
298: More epoxy coating. - (389 Reads)
299: Took the clamps off of the keel box. - (389 Reads)
300: Put the first layer of fiber glass keel openning reinforcement - (388 Reads)
301: Worked on foils some more today. - (388 Reads)
302: Another day of sanding. - (387 Reads)
303: Test lead melt..... - (387 Reads)
304: Not much happened today. - (387 Reads)
305: Finished sanding the interior coat of epoxy. - (386 Reads)
306: Port side Lower Tangent and # 4 Stringers are in. - (385 Reads)
307: Finished 4th sanding today and trimmed the stern. - (385 Reads)
308: Bulkheads are up and starting to dry fit the backbone's - (384 Reads)
309: Epoxied the canting keel support box. - (384 Reads)
310: Wendy and Dave come over from Phoenix this weekend. - (382 Reads)
311: Almost finished with the first coat of epoxy on the interior. - (382 Reads)
312: Epoxy weather again.... Yeah. - (380 Reads)
313: Warmed up a bit and got a closer look at the bulb mold. - (379 Reads)
314: Purple Haze..... - (379 Reads)
315: Got out in the garage and put on 2 1/2 coats of primer on the hull. - (379 Reads)
316: Almost finished with the first coat of epoxy on the interior. - (379 Reads)
317: Rudder #2 is in the bag...... - (379 Reads)
318: Radius Chine started. - (377 Reads)
319: Sanded one last time..... ;-) - (377 Reads)
320: Epoxy Coat 2 is going on. - (377 Reads)
321: Hull bottom scarfs are cut. - (376 Reads)
322: Gone for next 10 days..... - (376 Reads)
323: Port side first layer of radius chine in on. - (375 Reads)
324: Foaming the bulb for the keel - (375 Reads)
325: More glassing and fairing. - (373 Reads)
326: I'm back from Hawaii and at work again. - (373 Reads)
327: Worked on the bow cap and daggerboard today. - (373 Reads)
328: Finished @#$%*() the interior. Yeah. - (373 Reads)
329: Brave new horizons..... - (372 Reads)
330: Another day of work.... OK, fun in the garage...... - (371 Reads)
331: Finished trimming and fitting starboard bunk top. - (371 Reads)
332: Last of deck stringers glued on. - (371 Reads)
333: Bet you can't guess what I did today? - (368 Reads)
334: Hatch cover doublers, tabs and latches designs. - (367 Reads)
335: The Veracruz that didn't happen. - (366 Reads)
336: Another three project day. - (365 Reads)
337: Another three project day. - (361 Reads)
338: Third layer of epoxy is on the hull..... - (358 Reads)
339: Back at it. More sanding. - (357 Reads)
340: More sanding and fairing. - (357 Reads)
341: More sanding, part ten? - (350 Reads)
342: Busy day with sanding, vacuuming and dusting. - (350 Reads)
343: Another day of sanding..... - (349 Reads)
344: Yep, more sanding, no new pictures. - (346 Reads)
345: Busy day..... - (345 Reads)
346: No new pictures, just more sanding. - (334 Reads)
347: Aft section of hull bottom on. - (331 Reads)
348: First coat of primer is on the hull. - (325 Reads)
349: Another trip to Harbor Freight..... - (319 Reads)
350: Glassed the bow cap on today. - (292 Reads)
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