Photos of my weekender launch

[MrCruise]

Hi folks,

  I thought I would share some photos of my weekender which I launched for the first time Sunday.

Photos of some of the steps in the build process can be found here

[Steve Day]

Very nice boat! I particularly like the color.

There is nothing quite like launching the boat you built. I get a charge out of it on each of my "first launches."

Good show.

Steve

[Ken_Potts]

Looks great!  Congratulations!  ;D

Enjoy many happy sails.

That must have been a really good day.

[mrthethird]

AWESOME! Always great to see them floating 8)

Celebrated my one year anniversary of my launch this last weekend.

(It went MUCH smoother this time, thank you)

[Guest Scott Cozad]

Great colors! I wonder why they appeal to me so much.  :

Congrats!

[Greg Luckett]

I like that color scheme...favorite colors and well done too!   Weekenders are such cool looking boats and yours is especially nice looking.

[Ken_Potts]

Very pretty boats - they look like lots of fun.  I can't decide if I like the red mast/red cabin sides or the Blue mast/white cabin sides more.  Then again it probably doesn't matter what I think cause they're both really pretty and look like a lot of fun

Isn't it geat to finally get out there and sail?

[Guest Scott Cozad]

I originally liked my blue painted mast and boom, but have since stripped, stained, and varnished them and am allot happier. The mast hoops and ropes were just too hard on the paint. I was worried about keeping them natural since they are all made out of poplar, but the mahogany stain I used did a nice job and the poplar took it better than I expected. Next to my actual mahogany parts it is hard to tell the difference from a few feet back. Scuffed varnish is easier to touch up also.