Working in the Yard Still

Been working the list pretty hard and progress is being made.  Somehow, we manage to add as many items to the final list as we check off.  "This week for sure" is our mantra.

 

Joan has been painting madly at the decks and it is making a big difference.

 

 

 

I have been working on getting the hatch frame build and the hatch mounted.

 

 

Taped the new paint off, and painted the first coat of anti fouling on the bottom.

 

 

 

 

Hatch install meets paint project. The red thingy is just a bucket stuck in the hole where the solar vent goes while we are painting.

 

 

 

This little jewel is the crash block, which is just a block of high density foam used to absorb the shock if we hit something with the dagger board. The wooden and fiberglass bits are used to attach it to the inside of the dagger board case so that it will be at the exit point of the dagger board case.



Installed, it looks like this when looking down inside the dagger board case.

 

 

Took a day off to rest, recuperate, and check out the America's Cup scene. It was easy to get right up next to the action, but we went to Leonard's to watch it live on TV. It was cold and foggy(surprise!) at the city front.

 

 

 

New graphics on the aft edge of the akas to identify us as a USCG documented vessel.

 

 

Front deck is freshly painted, the hatch, solar vent and bow roller will be installed as soon as the paint sets up.

 

On the list for the next few days:

Prime and paint sail drive unit with anti fouling.

Install rubber seal  between hull and sail drive unit.

Another coat of anti fouling on the hulls and rudder.

A fresh coat of anti fouling for the dagger board.

Install new radio and instruments.

Pick up and install deck guard to keep anchor chain from destroying all that lovely paint. This piece will be a piece of pvc conveyor belt glued to the deck between the bow roller and the windlass.

A few more little odds and ends yet to be described.