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Bomb Ketch Salamandre 1:48

Edit: Amazon can find your mobile home, but they can't find my static home???
Paul,

I feel your pain. Amazon does pretty good when we are on the road.

The US Postal Service sometimes leaves me scratching my head.

Below is the movement of a recent USPS package (I live in Loveland):
12 Feb – Dept Hartford, CT
13 Feb – Springfield, MA
14 Feb – Aurora, CO
14 Feb – Denver, CO
15 Feb – LOVELAND, CO***** (close but no cigar)
17 Feb – Seattle, WA????? (huh)
18 Feb – Portland, OR
19 Feb – Denver, CO
Delivered on 21 Feb
 
8-days of snow melt. Temps in the 60's. No new snow, so we switched to biking/hiking the beautiful mountains around Breckenridge and playing pickleball.

Two pics show some small progress on the stern structure (dry fit only):
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Playing in the Mountains instead of working in the shipyard.

1. Red arrow shows shipyard location for the month of March (Tiger Run RV Park, Breckenridge)
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2. 6-mile hike (there was 2 feet of snow here a week ago)!
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3. 30-mile bike ride (1,260ft elevation gain to 9860ft):
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Off to give the pickleball courts a workout!!
 
Shipyard relocated from Breckenridge to the Loveland basement.

PO Brutis blackened the mortars. At 200lbs, he is getting a workout test fitting them!

Mortars and rack will be set aside until the hull cutouts are made, so the rack doesn't get in the way of the saw blade.
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Next. Aligning and glueing the stern structure.
 
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