Geez guys. Awfully nice words there! Thanks so much. Im really glad and honoured to have had our paths crossed; and really blessed to have been given the opportunity to do this project.
I'm not really a people person and I don't really go out of my way to make friends, especially with someone I've never met or someone that lives halfway across the world; but I can hand on heart say I've made some life long friends on here both in Australia and overseas and for that I am grateful to have had the opportunity. Thanks to those people I am a better person for it.
I'm also thankful to have members on here watch over me and my project. I have been saved numerous times from making a mistake.
Some of the fondest memories I have of this build aren't of AXE, instead it's about being on here with all of you (the contributors). The laughs, the arguments, the trolls, the lessons learnt.
There certainly has been some ups and downs through the build. From the project itself, to finding out Flic was sick, to work redundancy to then new employment opportunities to then being rushed off to hospital by ambulance; but everything has a way of working itself out hey!
One day I will learn to breathe. The spotlight might be on me; but I didn't get here alone! If it wasn't for you I probably would have stopped long ago. One thing that stayed constant and the one thing I could count on throughout this project was you guys and your support so from the bottom of my being; Thank you!
Right enough of that! ...
Today I finished off the roof panels and lines the eaves. Really happy with how they came up. I'm focusing on the window areas because I have a company coming on the 5th Jan to do a measure and quote so need to get it up to finished size.
I was going to do wooden sash windows but a company we use at work for the ships windows said they will build windows for AXE. 6mm safety glass in fully welded ally frames. She'll be water tight, last a million years and look a million bucks! Well much than the sash windows I was going to build anyway.
I did some tweaking of the bowsprit and tomorrow I plan on focusing on the anchor locker and getting it all epoxy filleted and taped etc.
That's all of today
Cheers
Hendo ?
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