Well, three + months since the last entry, basically no progress on anything. The good news is that we are new parents of a 7 year old boy who we are in the process of adopting. All of that meant that the build was on the back burner. After a lot of consideration, I decided that even though the shop I was renting was only a 7 minute drive away, that I just wasn't getting anything done and always had an excuse not to go over there. Not to mention it wasn't heated or cooled, had no restroom, and sat right next to a creek that liked to flood from time to time. So the big decision was made, I moved everything back home!

I SWORE I would never take over the garage to build this thing. Never say never and as we all know life works in mysterious ways that we never expect. Long story short, after a bunch of trips to haul gear and tools back home in my car, one rented UHaul on a Saturday afternoon, a little rewiring in the garage, moving things around, mounting a lot of stuff on the walls and pretty much maximizing the space available, the project is now in one half of the garage and there's still room for one car! I had to downsize the paint booth but that was about it. While I don't have the elbow room I used to have, I now have a bathroom 10 feet away, internet access and the ability to control the temperature! Plus no more flooding concerns and worries about not having insurance.

So build on! Time to wrap my head around where I was when I left off in June with the rudder. I need to finish riveting the skeleton together and then get it inspected by my chapters tech counselors.