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    Posted: 19 Mar 14 at 1:03pm
Why the Garage? I re varnished the decks on my 505 in the lounge.
Please note I was single at the time and it had to sit on the gunnel to fit in.
A few doors up a friend built a fireball in his lounge in the same type of house.
So if you want to think bigger look at room in the house.
Why not a phantom it was originally designed for home build?
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garages tend to have a more convenient access door.
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Sadly, the boat wouldn't fit up our staircase. So we are stuck with finding a garage ;)

Although to stay off topic, there was a Cherub repair job that was done in the back of a modified van:

http://uk-cherub.org/doku.php/tech/
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Originally posted by gordon1277

Why the Garage?

He mentioned a wife...
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I'm trying to do some winter maintenance (re-varnish the deck) on my Graduate at the moment, and in a 1980s single garage, you cant work around the boat with all the normal stuff in the garage as well, its just too tight around the gunwhales. If you have epoxy or varnish going off, then you are bound to brush past it as you squeeze around the boat, ruining the finish and destroying your clothing.
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Originally posted by craiggo

ruining the finish and destroying your clothing.

You will be judged by which one you consider more distressing !!  Wink
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You should see the state of my clothing!!!!
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Originally posted by craiggo

I'm trying to do some winter maintenance (re-varnish the deck) on my Graduate at the moment, and in a 1980s single garage, you cant work around the boat with all the normal stuff in the garage as well, its just too tight around the gunwhales. If you have epoxy or varnish going off, then you are bound to brush past it as you squeeze around the boat, ruining the finish and destroying your clothing.

We've only worked in (nearly) empty garages before and intend to stick to that. Otherwise it's only a matter of time until stuff goes horribly wrong.
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and it can go horribly wrong, even for rich people!
the same, but different...

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I had idea to build my own wooden dinghy a few years ago. Unfortunately I failed badly mostly because of lack of knowledge and practice with wood.
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