Linearity

This blog may give the impression that this boat-building project is an entirely linear thing - although, I guess my purchasing of an engine at this stage of the build might seem a little wacky :-) However, in terms of thoughts and research, it is anything but linear.

A project like this really takes you over. I often wake up in the middle of the night thinking about some aspect of the build - usually something in the future. For example, last night I woke up thinking about the limber holes in the frames in the bilge; other nights it's some other tricky part of the build.

I've also spent quite a bit of time researching things like new VHF radios with GPS and AIS capabilities. I've also recently acquired an iPad and have installed the iNavX software and all of the freely available electronic charts on it and have looked in to how to hook it up to a GPS/AIS receiver etc. There are all sorts of bits and bobs to think about, to research, to work out how they work. It's a full on thing!