Spring has sprung!

Well, its been a miserably long winter. Despite my best intentions (and my space heater), I found I just didn't have the gumption to work in a cold garage all winter.

Alas.

So "Seven Wonders" has sat idle for a few months. Well, not exactly idle. My family found that an empty boat made a very inviting storage area, so my first order of business today was to clean out three months worth of accumulated junk from inside her. I took the occasion to haul a bunch of scrap wood and other assorted junk down to the office to toss in the dumpster. The garage isn't exactly clean, but its at least workable.

I'm also trying to decide if there is any value to the flare forms from the jig. I guess I'll try putting them on Craigslist, but I don't have a lot of patience for having them around right now, so unless someone local happens to be planning a Pacific Pelican build this year, I'm guessing they are going into the dumpster this week.

That having been taken care of, I set myself to the task of finishing off the top edge of the sides, down to the sheer clamps. Pretty easy work with the jigsaw and a couple of sanders.

Came out really nice. 

Next step was to vacuum out all the sawdust that accumulated in the hull. Looks pretty decent, but I'm going to have to tackle the abundance of squeeze-out. I really blew that when I was gluing this together. I'd scrape the joints, but then after scraping them, more glue would ooze out, leaving me with a real chore. 

Oh well. One more thing to do. For now, its nice to have the project kicked off again!