The Tardis Project

(Note: I’ve been organizing my files now that I have closed the shop and finally have the time. So I have added a page at the top of the browser version of this blog called “The PK Fleet” with pictures of all my boats. My first build was launched in 1998, so I have been

August 22, 2023 Maine has been cold and wet for a lot of the summer, but I managed 5 days in Casco Bay and 11 days in Penobscot Bay. Couldn’t escape two all-day rainstorms, but I was tucked in safely on both occasions in Buckle Harbor, a perfect little hole at the north end of

June 28, 2023 The weather in Maine has been cold and rainy, so I really haven’t done any cruising. But on the one decent day we had I took Tardis out on the Sheepscot River to test out the new transom, controls, etc. Here’s the report I sent to Mark: I think the new transom/engine

June 28, 2023 I don’t take my big computer to Maine with me, so I am very late in getting the great news out that after 6 1/2 years of work Sytse Douna and Ton Schoenmakers launched Arnhem, Olga 28 Hull #3, in Kerr Lake Reservoir on the VA-NC border. Her’s some commentary from Ton

May 21, 2023 Tardis went to Maine yesterday, she looks great, the new engine installation seems to be working fine. I am exhausted. I left for a week for my sister’s 50th wedding anniversary on May 4. I had been glassing, fairing and painting every day when the temperature was up above 50, and drilling

April 25, 2023 Pat Harris, a follower and great supporter of the Tardis Project, passed away recently. I knew Pat for 43 years. He was by boss, my business partner, my sailing buddy and most of all, my friend. He helped me get Memsahib across Canada from Georgian Bay clear through to Killarney, we ran

April 25, 2023 When we last left the transom relocation project, the new transom was built and glued in, the new bottom was roughed in, the longitudinal stringers reinforcing the transom were all in, and the top of the splashwell was tabbed in. Not much to go, right? Wrong as always. Because of the Memorial

October 13, 2022 The new transom is roughed in, tabbed and watertight enough to get it through the next couple weeks until the winter cover goes on. The pictures look pretty rough, since the two-part undercoat and topside paint I used were just miserable to grind off, so I only took it down to glass

September 22, 2022 Tardis was due to come back to Connecticut early for the rebuild of the transom, but I did get in one last cruise up Damariscotta River and John’s Bay just to the west, with a stop across the Sheepscot at Indiantown Island to start getting the boat ready to travel. Coming out

August 20, 2022 A great summer of Tardis cruising regardless of continued control problems threatening to sink it! When Molly and I got back from land cruising up to the incredibly scenic Rangely Lakes, it seemed that the basic problem was that the throttle cable was completely frozen due to salt water occasionally getting in