Boat Building ‘Girlfriend’

I did a bunch of posts during the summer of 2013 to document Mitchell building his first life-size boat which somehow become known as ‘Girlfriend’.

Almost all the kids. Must have lost Danaka overboard.

I decided to devote a page to feature his project and make it easy to find the posts that relate to it, for those that might be interested in his project.

A model he built in 2008.

The last and biggest model before we left Canada 2012.

Now onto the (big) real deal. Girlfriend.

The Planning Stage

Taking Shape

Fiberglassing Seams

Sanding & Gunnels

Racing Stripes

The man who made it all happen.

Maiden Voyage

Building a Sail