# Mill Creek 16.5 Build well under way **URL:** \ **Category:** Builder's Forum\ **Created:** [December 3, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/mill-creek-16-5-build-well-under-way/41623 "2013-12-03T14:36:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elizabeth\_Galloway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@Elizabeth\_Galloway](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Elizabeth_Galloway)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/mill-creek-16-5-build-well-under-way/41623/1 "2013-12-03T14:36:18Z")
It hasn't been a perfect process but I am relatively happy with the process and progress so far. If anyone is interested in my log of it, it can be seen on my Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CorDal-Woodworking/425023900870390?ref=hl this is a first wooden boat build for me and I have learned a lot and feel like there is still a lot to learn! Betty     ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Helen\_Harvey](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Helen_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/mill-creek-16-5-build-well-under-way/41623/2 "2013-12-08T23:05:14Z")
Hi Betty- I peeked at your FB pics.  Great job- looks like you're almost there!   My first build was a Mill Creek 13' and I, too, made an epoxy blunder that had to be pryed/cut apart (I didn't know about the heat gun trick).  Got it covered up with a ribbon.  :-)  No one else knows, unless I blab. I'm starting my second SnG build (a Shearwater) and I really wanted to stain it, but I was worried it wouldn't come out well, so I chickened out.  If you had issues with the stain, I guess I'm glad I didn't try. This fall I decided to strip the varnish off the bottom of my Mill Creek and put on a coat (or two) of graphite-epoxy.  The snags in the rivers around me are viscious to a flat bottom boat... Thanks for posting the pics. They were fun to see and brought back memories. :-)   helen