Despite my lack of posting, were still working on the boat. Okay, its mainly Greg who has been working on the boat. Between my busted leg and family commitments, I havent had the time, but the point is, a lack of updates doesnt necessarily mean a lack of work.The biggest change is that Greg has decided to add a skeg. (Thats the aforementioned bling.) The skeg should help the boat track a little straighter, and add a little tip-resistance during turns. I really wish hed have decided this six months ago, though. We had the bottom completely ready for painting, and now that hes added the skeg, were looking at another ten hours or so of sanding and fairing before the finish meets Gregs stringent standards.
I also gave him some crap about continuing to use the quick fair. When we did our last session a few weeks back, we had decided that the starboard side was ready for paint, and that the port side was "close." Well, when I dropped over last night for a round of work, both sides had another round of quick fair added, with the intention of filling dozens of little pinholes in the pre-finish. Ive been telling Greg for months that we need to just lay the paint and find out if it will fill these pinholes. There is so much surface area that its virtually impossible to find and fill all of these pinholes, yet finish the boat before we retire.
I semi-jokingly told Greg that if he keeps doing this work when Im not around that Im going to make a "Keep off the Boat" sign and put it up when Im not there. Weve been "just about ready" to paint since June or so, but every time I go over there, Greg has done more crap that sets us back by a week or two.
It should be apparent that Im quite frustrated by this lack of progress. Greg and I have different approaches to this portion of the project. Greg wants things to be perfect before going to the next step. An immaculate finish is very important to him. I think that we should forge forward and see what happens, based on the law of diminishing returns. In ANY project, you can do a quick and sloppy job, or a perfect one. As you move closer to perfection, the amount of time you spend increases exponentially, and the payoff decreases exponentially. We are at the point where we need to quit looking for pinholes, fix the bottom (where we added the skeg) and paint the damn boat.
Now that Ive vented, I need to reiterate my position. I know my place in this project. I know that its Gregs baby and Im the free help. I also know that Greg listens to my input. The thing he needs to get though is that we need to be flipping this boat soon. Weve only got another month or so before it starts getting cold, and once the snow hits, itll be more difficult to get the boat flipped. We need to get the thing flipped before this winter, so we can continue working on the project during the snowy time of year.
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