This entry describes events of Q2 and Q3 2018. I want it as the display entry for the builder's log, so I date it 2025. I am the 3rd owner of Cozy project #1147, having acquired a "mostly" complete hull, wings and canard. This log is organized by chapters of the 2-volume set of plans, and includes entries by both prior builders and me. Prior Builder. Chad Robinson is a software designer and developer with an unstoppable personality and a gift for precision. As his first build he picked the Cozy Mk IV, a plans built airplane that will take 2000-4500 hours to complete. He launched this project in September 2003, working out of a shop around New London, CT. At the same time that I was active in the Hartford EAA and networked with the DAR's and homebuilders throughout the state. Even so, I did not know Chad - he was working down on the shore and seemed largely outside the EAA networks. Eventually a big family and a growing business cut into his build time and Chad sold the project to Craig Westwood, a first time builder in Athens, GA. At the time of the sale this project was inspected by Marc Zeitlin, a highly regarded aeronautical engineer who specializes in canards and does 10+ canard condition inspections each year. He gave #1147 a clean bill of health at the purchase by Westwood. Craig Westwood bought the project, spent some time sanding and thinking about components, then decided he wanted a plane in which he could learn to fly. He bought a flying Cozy and sold this project (removing some high value parts he plans to use). I was referred to this project by Marc Zeitlin. Since then I have been pleased by the work of Chad Robinson and wished that Craig had better documented his holding period actions. Craig and I hammered on a price for a while, and I probably paid too much, but better to pay a mediocre price for a great project than a great price for a mediocre project. Then we had to find the right shipper, and that occasioned a renegotiation. The airplane was delivered via a specialty trailer, with a hydraulic system for raising and rotating the aircraft. Neat! _____________________________ Sidebar on Resale Values High quality homebuilts are the great bargain in aviation - a pristine 20-year-old home built might sell for the cost of the used engine. Unfinished, engine-less projects go for less than the cost of materials - yep, all that labor adds zero value. I've been a happy team player working on airplanes where all or most of the starting project came free to my EAA chapter. We worked as a team, got the airplane flying, and sold it on to a new owner. My favorite project story is a happy little acrobatic biplane donated to the chapter by a widow. We got it back in the air for less than $10,000 and sold it for our cost plus a young eagles donation. The plane is still zipping around and everyone is happy to see it getting loving care and attention. ____________________________