It has been over a week since we hauled the boat and started to work on it. As I mentioned last time I am staying on the boat and all has been well. I cook most of my meals on board and take showers in the yards bathroom facilities We do not have any refrigeration as we cannot run the generator while the boat is out so I have a cooler that runs off the batteries to keep stuff in. To Charge the batteries we have a converter that takes 220 volts (which is the standard in all the world except N. America) and converts it to 110 volts. Of course we also needed 110 v for all out power tools.

Mike has been taking off all the bathroom doors and making them fit better and re-mounting the hinges. This has turned into a 3-4 day project. Then we found another crack in the haul from previous haul outs and how they blocked it. Luckily this one did not leak into the boat. We did have to grind the fiberglass down to the foam core ( a 1′ x 6′ area) so we could fix it right. Next we will re-glass it and all will be well.

Marnie has been helping Mike with the doors and myself with painting of the hull in certain areas that needed some cosmetic repairs. I would like to tell you more exciting things (new Islands etc.) but yard work is yard work.

Anyway’s what is the dumbest thing you have ever done while working on a project?? I just had another one of mine that falls into the top ten. So I have to sand the hull where I am doing the cosmetic work, maybe a total of 100 sq. ft in 5 different areas. Then we applied a coat of primer paint and after that a coat of high build paint for sanding purposes. Well all these paints are two part epoxies which means you mix the paint with a hardener. Do you know were this is going yet ? The high build coat went on but it looked funny and was taking a log tome to cure. It was never going to cure because I forgot to put in the hardener. So Marnie and I had to scrape off the paint, clean the surface two times with acetone sand again and start the process all over. It was a two day F-up. Now can any of you beat that one?

We have been working 8-5 for the last 9 days and it looks like that will be the case for the next week. We are hoping to launch on January 25.

The adventure continues

Love Gary