All Smiles!

 I haven't been working on the Auset Fronds lately. I actually forgot how beautiful she was It's really amazing that I actually constructed her. She's a very strong craft,, and will be even more stronger once she is completed. There are a few things that I still need to do to the hull and the railings. I'm also adding a sun canopy as well as some esthetics to her, when she's close to complete. The boat is too heavy for me to lift now and I'm going to have to get a small trailer for her. I'm also working on constructing the boat Skullah. I'm constructing the keel at the moment. I ran out of glue and screws. I didn't want to sit around waiting until I'm able to buy them, so I made two more mats out of some newly acquired frond leaves. These mats look 100% better than the first two I made. In total I actually made  6 mats in all. The first two mats came out okay, but they got ruined because I left them in the elements. Now I'm keeping the mats indoors for now. I'm trying to keep the material out the elements now. I did start applying poly urethane to protect the fronds from the elements. I had no idea how well it actually works. Once the boat is completed I'm going to add another coat of poly urethane  and it's future canopy once it's constructed.





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