Pilot Gig Progress: We cleaned up around the inwale and outwale-rasping , sanding and chiseling with a heat gun; cut the floors, which are ready for glueing. Frames are done. Internet is working. Dave is experimenting with steaming and bending frames for the skin boat.

Sally’s Pilot Gig Boatbuilding Report 2-5-11: We have DSL and we have a phone in the boathouse! It’s a little slow but Frank is on it. We glued the inwale to the port side. Fore and aft decks will follow.

Sally’s PIlot Gig Progress Report: We are preparing to put in the inwale. Decisions have been made about the frames-There are to be 4. We cut 2′ strips of plywood to begin making the frames.

Sunday Boatbuilding Report: We put the final touches on the dolly/cradle and moved furniture to make room for it in the shop. In preparation for flipping the boat, we first moved it off its frame and into the table. The boat was suprisingly light. Then we flipped it over onto the cradle. The crew immediately got to work cleaning up the seams and sanding the interior. Now decisions have to be made about frames.

We sanded the hull and the outwale. The cradle has morphed into a dolly and is almost complete. Dave & Henry “glassed” the stem.