Snow melting, mud sloshing, is this the start of Mud Season?

Time is flying here at Button Bay. The ice is still with us and the snow is melting pretty quick. The past few weeks have been a weather roller coaster of snowing one day, raining the next with flood warnings to boot.

Work on Frolic has really been steady and progress shows. Last update I was working on floors. I painted the floors and have now covered them with Nautolex form an idea of Myndy Woodruff. They look great. I did not glue them down but pulled the fabirc around and stapled them with 1/4" monel staples. I really like how they turned out.





The engine box is going together well. I borrowed a plate joiner form my brother-in-law Jeff Spencer of Red House Building to assemble the basic frame with West System and biscuits. Clamping the angles was interesting but I used wedges to make the pieces square so the bar clamps would hold. I to assemble it in sections, sides first, then assembled the box.



Once I had the basic box frame together I put the cross pieces in for the table top. I also worked on making the table top like I did the frame with Biscuits and West Sytem epoxy.






With the top set I began sanding then fitting it to the box frame. Once I had the top on and secured I took a 1/2" round router bit and finished the sides.





I also ordered a Rayco fuel tank for the boat instead of trying to reuse the original tank. Once I have the tank I can finish putting the stearn section back together. I think I will also try to fasten some of the floors in so I can finish the front fit up and install the seats.