Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Wickes-epedia


Friday evening last returning from work swung by Wickes where I find the range of laminated foams growing by the month; and help myself to these quarter-inch viz. 6mm sheets. They are aimed at under-flooring heating, but provide a perfect means of modelling boats.

Long-term prisoners of the blog will recall how there was a time when we'd jump in the car and drive for an hour in search of super-thin laminated hardwood sheets to use as a waterproof backing for foam... and now it's been done for us. So all things really do come to those who wait.

We must however stick to the knitting and get back to designing and building boats, which is after all what we're here for. Been in the slough of despond ~ distinct from the Slough of Berkshire where once I worked ~ as to which direction to steer a blog in, and the conclusion I came too was that the world has too many opinions, but too few flat-pack catamarans.