All Posts

Sold! (cowboy emoji to withhold identity of buyer) sold! (this guy is in the biz - he owns a gallery on Great Titchfield Street) SOLD!...

I was working on the framing for the second wall in the ripping hot sun on the corner of the canal. I had got to a good stopping point...

Yesterday (Wednesday 20th August 2025) started with a bit of a sad thing. There was a dead dog in the canal. It stank and was also...

Saturday 16th August 2025 This is the boat on 10th August Here she is on Friday 15th August at around 7pm This is the boat on 16th August...

Monday 11th August 2025 So much of the workload involved in the construction of the boat is preparation. When one sits and thinks about...

Sunday 10th August Insulating the deck and securing floorboards We also finished the skirt. 2x6 treated timber to reinforce the...

This is the rear right hand side of the boat (starboard stern). This is where the toilet is going to be when it's outside (I will move it...

Friday 7th August Hope and Desperation made the four and a half mile journey from Camden Lock to Victoria Park. On the way we picked up...

Fetch wood from storage (chemical toilet in box in car) I don't have sufficient supply of uniform woodstock so have to improvise...

Ancient wisdom: Before you get pissed and ride about in the boat, you've got to make the boat. Wednesday 6th August morning: boat is made...

The boat has been smashed about a lot. Today we fixed it. Peyman's theory is that it took a direct hit. He might be right. I was less...

7am - check the boat: Bow waves from passing boats have bashed mine into the towpath so much in the last few days that the old wood has...

I keep getting hit with parking fines and it is rinsing my finances. It makes my blood boil. I have a university education, am fully...

In my fury, I had overlooked that the rack was loaded with 'above the recommended weight' of plywood. I braked too hard and the foot above the driver seat came out and gouged out some of my space-ship grey paintwork. (This incident came after the modding of the feet with the angle grinder - hence the exposed gnarly metal).

Monday 28th July 5am canal-side between Camden Lock and London Zoo The storage unit is at capacity, so instead of unloading the final...

Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Today is the day before the first part of the boat is being launched into the Regent's Canal. If you would like to come along to watch or...

Sunday 20th July 2025 Peymon (friend from my studios) helped me - unbelievably grateful that he did. It was one hell of a job. This wood...

Monday 14th July 2025 08:48hr wood loaded onto trolley wheeled to loading bay 08:50 wood loaded into car (pushing trolley away with leg...

Every waking moment I think about how I’m going make this boat. My 'rest' time is completely taken up by this project. Innumerable hours...