I started this project in September of 05. Building a boat is an enormous amount of fun and I suppose I discovered a small part of myself that felt complete, wrestling with what to do next and how to do it filled some holes in my soul. I believe that being created in the image of God gives all of us some kind of creative aspect for me that found it’s outlet in boatbuilding. There was something cathartic about taking a bunch of raw materials, plywood, timber glue and powders and turning it into a boat that people would go wow that is amazing. my ambition was to build something that other people would think had been built professionally and I managed to hit close to this mark I believe. in the end I built the boat, the mast, the boom, the fridge, the steering wheel, all of the bow rails and stanchions, I did the wiring and designed the kitchen, I painted and faired it and added a number of design elements that I believe enhanced the boat and made it stand out from its peers, this website will not be amazing but it should give an idea of what was involved in my 2 year journey to build a boat to sail around the world on. I Became an active participant on several boatbuilding forums asking and answering questions and learning heaps from other people.

My wife was amazingly understanding as I would get up early to work on the boat for about an hour before heading off to school at 8 to teach, we lived 5 minutes from my school. i would be home at about 3:30 and I would get stuck into any noisy jobs before coming in to for dinner and to play with my kids, I would put my kids to bed and then back out to the boat before coming in around 11-12 pm from gluing and screwing things together, this also worked better with North Queensland’s hot weather as the evenings cooled down a bit. I would head to bed and catch up on the day’s events with my wife before falling asleep before rinse and repeating the next day.