With the chrome trim on. I approximated the size of the window holes from the original frame, and confirmed them by putting them back in place before I took a jigsaw and cut them out. Now, I can use these templates to cut the final mahogany plywood frames. Also, I'm sending the templates out to a glass company to have new windows made.

The window frames back in place. You can see one of the new mahagony pieces to the left.

Back to work. I pulled the templates back off the boat and matched them up again with what is left of the original frames. The two chrome pieces are this week's Cool Find of the Week: the original window trim. I have fabricated two new mahagony pieces for these to sit on, and to support the window frames.

What is a trip to the east coast without some vino by the Atlantic?

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, not much wanting to have a photo taken

On the way back we stopped in DC for a whirlwind tour of the National Mall. Nicole stood in traffic so I could get a clear photo of her with the White House in the background. Not so lucky with the timing.

A couple of weeks ago we attended that ACBS symposium at the Mariner's Museum in Virginia, the home of the Chris Craft archives. Most of the people in attendance were involved in restoring runabouts, though we did meet a few people with big boat experience. Also, attendees had access to the archives, including working drawing for our boats. I went through construction drawings with the original architects notations on them ("make this door wider? NO", that sort of thing). Very cool. I ordered several copies, though I didn't find detailed drawing of the head.

Also, we met a lot of nice, helpful people who had lots of ideas on how to go about redoing the hull. More on that later.