Monday we wrapped up boat 39, handed it off to our dealer and it is most likely in Texas by now(straight run is ~20 hours). I didn't get a chance to get a pic before it was shrink wrapped. I think it might even be delivered to the buyer for the holiday.
Its neat seeing something in all stages of creation and especially rewarding if you have a hand in much of the the process (tho not quite as grand as Steve's projects). My hands touch the whole boat, but are also directly responsible for components like 
casting the prop and other parts from big rubber molds, machining raw aluminum castings into final assemblies, installing many of these components(like driveline and steering), but also jump around into other duties when behind schedule- 
like electrical, plumbing, and hydraulics, and finally detailing the boat before delivery.One downside to working around fiberglass is that many days I come home itchy with glass dust.
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Pretty cool. I didn't realize you were also MAKING boats. :)
You didn't get to deliver it? Too bad. Woulda been a fun trip.....One of our pilots has a cool project---he built a fmall foundry and is casting parts to make a lathe, all from plans in an old book. Neighbors are saving tin cans for him to melt down. After the lathe is done, and more casting, he'll make an entire workshop. Maybe you can back up his claim---he says a lathe is the only tool that can replicate itself
I guess the topic never made it around when you were within earshot. I like it there, and for now it gives me time to go off and do other stuff and still come back.
I got to deliver the Vegas boat, and offered to go do Texas but we were very busy and they wanted to come out and pick it up themselves. We shall see about future orders. There is one coming up that needs dropping off in FL and at the same time another to NY so it may be a busy spring.
Trade shows are busy. Our demo boats are usually shuffled all around for cleaning, run to the show, picked back up, cleaned again then placed back out at the showroom. I sometimes make quite a few runs up to Long Beach and back.
I also get on water time doing trials in new boats, testing of new components in our test boat, and occasional service calls. Sometimes it's all over the boards.
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