Thursday

I met with my mentor today, Mr. Heurich. This was our third meeting, and I really like them. Mentor meetings always seem to renew my excitement for the project, and put new ideas in my head. We covered a lot of topics. We talked about epoxy vs. polyester resin, spent a while looking at really cool boats made of plastic bottles (the coolest thing I've ever seen!), and talked about building the "practice" out of cardboard as a scaled down version (so I don't end up with a 14 foot boat made of cardboard, because I don't know what I'd do with that.) I'm really just waiting for my plans to come, and then a million different things can start to happen. In the meantime, I can keep researching and gathering supplies.

Bad news: The Sailing Center told me they could only order wood at a minimum of $3000. That is A LOT more wood than I need. A lot! So I left a message for Danby Hardwood, who apparently sell 1/4th marine plywood, and have the number of someone else who might know where I could get some wood. There is also the lumberyard in Cortland, where I could always call or go to look. There are lots of options, I just need to find the right one. My last resort would be ordering the wood online, which would be alright, but I'd rather try to buy it more locally.