This adorable kitty is relaxing on top of the bimini after spending a busy morning supervising getting her house, sv Kokopelli, hauled out. She was actually the 2nd boat of the morning ... first our friend Ron launched his boat and our next door neighbor is gone... We had hoped to launch Winterlude today, but that was before we hauled out and saw the extent of the bottom challenges. :(
Bye Ron! We'll miss you!
Here Dale (sv Coral Rose), Nick (sv War Dept) and David kabitz about whatever it is Nick's telling David we're doing wrong while enjoying their morning coffee and watching the boat show ... going in & coming out.
After breakfast, we bought out Home Depot for sanding supplies. Yesterday I sanded layers and layers of old cetol off the bottom side of the starboard rub rail. And this morning my eyes were almost swollen shut from all the varnish dust. So for the port rub rail, I turned myself into an alien being, but I can breathe tonight and hopefully tomorrow my eyes won't be swollen shut! In the meantime, the port side rub rail is finished too! WooHoo.
Here's the problem with being "stuck" in the boatyard longer than anticipated. You keep thinking up projects that we WISH we would have accomplished in some year past, but were too busy cruising and having fun to do.....
Here's the problem with being "stuck" in the boatyard longer than anticipated. You keep thinking up projects that we WISH we would have accomplished in some year past, but were too busy cruising and having fun to do.....
Today David fixed my rubrail brass! Before we bought the boat, somehow it got caught at the junction and bent out about 3 inches. We've paid professionals twice to fix it ... and it never got fixed, really, just improved a bit. Today David filled the original holes with epoxy, let it dry, drilled a couple little "pilot" holes and screwed them back. So far, so good.
Moral of a boat -- you want it done right, do it yourself! You don't know how, you say? No worries, someone around, in this case, Ron our neighbor before he left, will have done it before and maybe even share the exact epoxy you need! Cruisers are a wonderful community!
Moral of a boat -- you want it done right, do it yourself! You don't know how, you say? No worries, someone around, in this case, Ron our neighbor before he left, will have done it before and maybe even share the exact epoxy you need! Cruisers are a wonderful community!
I added the 5th coat of varnish to our sail locker ... it's starting to look better! Lest you not appreciate the difference, here's when this project started! Mind you, 5 coats is not enough to start to really look like mirrored glass, but it's getting there...
And just as the varnishing was done, I looked up and LOOK what's being hauled out now - and is in the slip next to us. I had no idea what it is, I just remember LOVING this boat when we saw it in the Exumas (Bahamas) last winter. So I had to do a bit of sleuthing... it's a 37 foot 1987 Lord Nelson Victory Tug and I'm in love! But SSSssshhhhh....... don't tell Winterlue! :) Cheers until tomorrow!
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