# The mistakes I made...but enjoying the journey

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**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [January 21, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/the-mistakes-i-made-but-enjoying-the-journey/45941 "2018-01-21T20:30:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Karen\_Tolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Karen\_Tolley](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Karen_Tolley)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/the-mistakes-i-made-but-enjoying-the-journey/45941/1 "2018-01-21T20:30:36Z")

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Thought I would post the mistakes I made and am continuing to make along my journey with the PMD.

1. I sanded off the bottom big tabs on the Bulkheads. Although they seemed larger than rest of tabs, they were not present in the manual pics. Hoping I can still place correctly in boat.

2.&nbsp; I sanded and aligned up all the puzzle joints before gluing. This worked fine except when I mixed too much batch and hurried along and snapped one of the puzzle fingers. It glued back very easily and of little notice. I think it saved me more time in figuring out what went where.

3. I glued the doublers on before epoxy. It is much easier to roll everything flat before gluing.&nbsp;

4. And I can't forget how I stacked the planks the wrong way instead of&nbsp; a neat pile with all the joints lined up. The scott towel plastic got stuck to the joint and I thought I was going to have to name my boat "Brawny". Now it is just a little hint of red dye left. LOL

**Wish List:**

Note section in manual (So I don't do it again. Things gone right, don't want to forget)&nbsp;

Time section to log time spend with task(s)

Book to post pics with comments...after all the journey is half the fun...RIGHT?!?

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Novice boat builder at night...bookkeeper by day! LOL

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**Author:** ![Brett\_Binns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Brett\_Binns](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Brett_Binns)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/the-mistakes-i-made-but-enjoying-the-journey/45941/2 "2018-01-22T18:50:49Z")

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I noticed your comment, Kboating, about the spot for "Time section to log time ...". I am using a phone app on my Android phone called Gleeo Time Tracker. It is in Google Play, well rated by others as well, and free (in-app purchases but these are not needed for personal projects without colaboration).

Like you, I like to track how long I take - for me I want to see what multiple of the time suggested I require! ;-) I hope you find this useful!

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@Jason\_Lewis](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Jason_Lewis)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/the-mistakes-i-made-but-enjoying-the-journey/45941/3 "2018-01-23T16:40:02Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;I feel your pain. &nbsp;Two mistakes I made could have saved me a ton of time building the Kaholo. &nbsp;Easily fixable but cost time.