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it will be fixed soon enought.......

Clark Island Boat Works — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:31:40 +0000

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The website is a mess

Clark Island Boat Works — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:27:21 +0000

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in the water video.

Clark Island Boat Works — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:21:52 +0000

Launch in the morning!!!!

Clark Island Boat Works — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:10:10 +0000

Why else would you need life jackets??

new "to me" web tool.

Clark Island Boat Works — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:46:41 +0000

an easier way to throw these pictures on the site.

here's all the 23' Crowley pics.

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Post #3 of 2010.............

Clark Island Boat Works — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:54:31 +0000

We are well on our way for eleven posts this year!! I have let the fans of the blog down. Is it too late to have a new year's resolution?? I guess when I'm in full panic about running out of things to do its easier to make time to type something up for the masses. Now that we have plenty of work and interesting things going on at the shop the blog posts have taken a back seat.

Uploading pictures is acting very clunky tonight. Squarespace hates that I haven't been posting. Just a couple pics of the wiring on the 32' Osmond Beal. 110 volt on the left and 12 volt on the right. The one or two stray wires in each shot make it look pretty crude. It will look better when its done.

Very White. (Like burn your eyes out white)

Clark Island Boat Works — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:44:22 +0000

The Arrival.....

Clark Island Boat Works — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:04:13 +0000

So I go to work like any other Saturday, couple of loose ends to tie up nothing major. I was able to finish up the sound insulation that I had started on Friday and sand up the bow pulpit on the 32' Osmond. (neither pictured) Then just as I was headed for the time clock to punch out the phone rings and my wife informs me that we are headed to the hospital. Long story short, the kid couldn't wait until the 13th for his schedualed removal and he was born on January 2nd at 4:49 pm.

Other stat:

Weight = 8lbs 8oz

Length = 20.5"

Head = 15" (that can't be right)

Maxwell Gordon MacCaffray. Back to boat stuff tomorrow.

Christmas is over, BACK TO WORK!!

Clark Island Boat Works — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:32:33 +0000

Let's get this interior "furniture" built and finished so the fun stuff can begin. Utilizing a drawing from the owner we started on the console and seating area inside the wheelhouse today. The components were made slightly oversized and will be glassed together off the boat. Once they are glassed together they can be cut lower or shifted one way or another. Sometimes it can be tough to see how something is going to work based on a drawing. Other times things get built to a size to use up a piece of material that is "perfect" for the job. This is shaping up to be a post where I use a lot of "quotation marks". Easy math could dictate a change in design..... For example you can take three 16" strips off a 4 ft sheet of nidacore, so you might as well change the 15" shelves to 16" to use up the useless scrap.

The key is to make changes in such a way so that the owner doesn't realize that you are messing with their design. Then when the boat is finished a comment like "this is exactly how I envisioned it". Anyway, back to the construction. Picture #2 shows the first part of the seating down the port side of the wheelhouse. When the owner arrives next week we'll be able to decide on a height that will work for this project. Because of the height of the wheelhouse it might be a good idea to raise up the benches so that you can still see out the windows. A "normal" seat would be about 17 - 19" and this one might want to be 22 or higher. Then you run into issues with having your feet to high off the ground so the owner is going to have to make the call on this bench. Storage space and the air conditioner will live in this box once it is complete.

The self-timer on the camera was used for the first time today. I was trying to show seat height and the space between the seat an console. Most of the time you want these permanent captains chairs to keep your eye level at the same height as if you were standing. In the seat two tackle boxes will be installed and down the starboard side of the wheelhouse there will be a "fishing rod box" once I figure out how I'm going to build it. Sound insulation in the engine room tomorrow along with more construction in the wheelhouse.

Bow pulpit made out of 1.5" Koosa Board. Sides will be added for the bow chocks and then the windlass and bow bit can be installed. We lucked out and were able to get three pulpits out of one sheet of Koosa Board, expensive yet awesome. Strong and easy to work with so I guess it had to be expensive. Nice boost in the website traffic today thanks to a mention on www.sportfishermen.com. The jump in site traffic forced me into this post, your welcome.

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Clark Island Boat Works — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:00 +0000