Prepare to Resume Operations

After an appreciable but well-deserved break while Matt tended to his offspring's team sport coaching duties, etc., this week we were all greeted by the following joyful words in our e-inboxes:

"…Without further delay, I am going to forward the CAD to Tom to machine us a 1/96th scale boat."

Huzzah!

Once this 39" able-to-hold-in-your-hands masterpiece is output by Tom Anderson, off it goes to Paul for a "good going over." Flaws, if any, will be addressed, and before long, according to Matt, a full 1/48-scale hull pattern should exist -- soon primer-coated by Jeff LaRue and/or Paul, both immediate volunteers.

Despite previous discussions about holding off on Wahoo's coming out party till next year's SubRegatta, Matt and Jeff LaRue have already concurred that perhaps an in-progress presentation could be made at this year's soiree. Jeff even hopes to have the deck CAD drawing "to the point where we can plot a paper copy and tape it to the hull" -- obviously an impressive milestone for "show and tell." From there, Matt says, "I can take it to the mold process for producing the fiberglass pattern for scribing and super-detailing."

Somewhere on Eternal Patrol, Wahoo's crew continues to smile down upon us.

Jeff Porteous