What happens when Stitch and Glue boats get old

I came across this excellent article entitled "What happens when Stitch-and-Glue boats get old", posted on John Harriss blog "The Life of Boats".

John illustrates how epoxy-coated plywood boats age, and provides info on how to maintain and repair them.  Its an excellent article with very valuable info.

Here is the link to Part 1, and Part 2.

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What the happened

You must hate me.

Last I left you with "Walls take shape" and then radio silence for six months.  Did I lose interest in the project? Get tragically killed by a falling jet engine?

No, Im not dead and the project is moving along albeit a little more slowly. I started grad school. Which means that I no longer have the time for such luxuries as eating and sleeping.  However, I still spent many weekends working on the boat.

So the blog is six months behind, but the shantyboat is six months further along. Things in store for you as I update the blog, walls, windows, roof, decks, steps, doors.  Cool things like that.

So feel free to send me an email urging me along with blog posts. Heres my commitment: For every email, I receive from a different blog reader, I will create a new shantyboat post.

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