Its starting to look a lot like......

.....a boat house!  You didn't see that coming, did you?  It ma be December, and we may have had our first significant snowfall, but I am still slowly rolling on the boat project.  Think molasses in December kind  of slow or maybe even glacially slow.

If I cover this shed again, I will NOT be piecing together the top.  It was too much work and I seem to have some leaks because the tarp is a bit wind beaten, as well and the seams not being extremely well sealed.  With that being said, the shed turned out really well.  I thought that I might not end up with enough light with the two ends covered with the poly tarp, but with a huge middle section and the vertical ends sheathed in greenhouse plastic, there is more than enough light.

I am very happy that I did not try to construct the shed without the boat present.  It would have been much more difficult.  With the boat already in place, I could use it as scaffolding for the building and sheathing process, with the exception of the last two of three bows.  As you can see, I had to improvise!

 The top covering took about one day with two people working on it to complete.  The end framing and covering took most of another day.  For about a month, the shed did not have a door, nor did it have any vents.  Not having vents was a mistake.  When I went into the shed yesterday, the entire inside of the shed was soaked with the condensation, as was everything in the shed.  From my time working at a local marina, I had some knowledge of shrink wrapping boats, and cutting vents so the boats would not retain moisture and mold.  I used those same vents (although on a much larger scale) on the ends of the shed, and by the end of the day, the shed was dry inside.  Having the flow though of dry winter air made a huge difference in a short amount of time.










The other major addition to the shed was the inner liner.  With the shed prone to condensation, every time the wind would blow, it would rain inside the shed.  With the inner liner up, the outer layer will shed its water to the inner layer, which will run it out and away from the boat.  This is going to be a huge improvement, and key for when I start pulling deck hardware and hatches in preparation for prep work and painting.  I also had a little time to start pulling lines, sails, PFD's, and other equipment from the boat, since there was now dry space to put it.

What's next?  Cleaning the deck, yet again, followed by scraping and sanding the old paint off the deck and hull in preparation for priming and painting.