Now, I have an opportunity to reflect and realise that I have an understanding wife. The boat has been occupying the garage space...

or how to get high on glue This is where I left off. As I said I got very distracted with small maker projects and 2 pairs of speakers. I...

Well following on from the prior mistake of not buying enough of the red I was planning to use in my covering project, I got more PVC. At...

Well it’s been an interesting month in the world of Matt. The normal end of school term stuff (I’m a high school teacher) and the mess of...

Now I really start to be different. Ever since I started this build I was looking for information on how to cover this beast using a...

well, it has been nearly 3 months since I last made an update...id better do one and get into some updates. I guess when it comes down to...

Well in my efforts to build have been going well and I will now take a break. It now has a shape and I can see how big it is. All the...

In a classic case of "You should have listened to yourself" my intent to hand cut the scarf joints got stopped pretty fast. As I write...

Given that I only ordered this yesterday, here is my timber. It took less than 24 hours to be delivered. This is why I work closely with...

Well now that the timber is on order, I'd better get around to making a scarfing Jig. I have been wondering how to make this for a while...

And as we read the words that men want to hear about their wallets, these were the words used to describe the project by my wonderful and...

Well, I am now at an important point of the project. What am I am going to choose as my timber? Well, this isn't an easy choice but I...

Nothing much has happened this week for the build. Just a few things I've been mulling about how to build and more importantly I have...

Well, it has been a big week. I have my first round of parts ordered from Sykes rowing, A sheet of Okoume plywood and other items have...

Well, that didn't take long. I'm already making a variation to the build guide. I am making a change at this point in time because I want...

Well, now I've bought the plans for the Racer X. I now need to consider a few things including length, type of materials being used, how...

Now we're getting to some of the real purposes of this web blog. From the title of the website, you already know what I'm building. The...

The major question is why build a rowing scull? There isn't really an easy answer to that question. I can go through the main reasons of...