Where WAS Brick House...The First Eight Years

Still working. Yesterday we put the running rigging back up! Except the staysail halyard- I think the snake we had sent up must have broke- becuase we cant find it to send up the new halyard- so the next non-windy day Im going up! We cut larger holes for the cockpit speakers..yes we are getting on to the necessities now! The fiberglass guy came for 45 minutes SUnday and 30 minutes yesterday- grinding my blisters down further and filling them with epoxy, getting ready to paint. It will be nice to have those gone...I wonder where the new ones will pop up :)
I hooked up more of the electronics - I couldnt even tell you where I am with that mess. A multiplexer, a fishfinder, a TackTick NMEA box, connecting wires the size of molecules into holes the size of needle eyes...that consumed most of my ay yesterday. I managed to paint two coats of Interprotect2000 Barrier Coat around the new fishfinder transducer...2 more to go today and then the first layer of Super ShipBottom antifouling paint. Two more after that, two days in a row. I messed around more with testing the wind generator, after adding in a blocking diode to the picture. It ran all night without me, so we will see if the boat exploded without me there to monitor it all night. (Mistake) It poured last night, and the speaker holes were open- so again- we will see if the boat sank (on the hard) while we were gone.
Patrick has already left this morning to get started (8:05am), but I have a real estate related meeting this morning- and then I have to leave early for a showing at 4:30pm. SO I havent quit entirely yet...
Patrick is full time ont he boat now, officially done, and selling all his tools. It feels great- he accomplishes so much in a day...no complications, no complaining- he is truly as excited about this as I am!

Thats all for now.

Vessel Name:	Brick House
Vessel Make/Model:	Valiant 40 #134
Hailing Port:	Middletown, RI USA
Crew:	Patrick and Rebecca Childress
Extra:	Patrick completed a solo-circumnavigation on Juggernaut, a Catalina 27 in his younger days. He has been published in most U.S. and many foreign sailing magazines, for both his writing and photography. He co-authored a book titled "The Cruising Guide to Narragansett Bay and the South Coast of [...] Massachusetts". He holds his 500 Ton Masters Captains License, and is an active delivery captain and instructor. Ham license is a General. Patrick owned a home improvement business in Newport, RI but retired in June 2007 to cruise a second time around the world on Brick House. He is also, most importantly, Captain of Brick House, AND married to Rebecca! (July 4, 2007) Rebecca Childress (formerly Rebecca Taft) is an accomplished sailor as well. She has owned many boats ranging from a 17' MacGregor, a Catalina 27' and a 36' Catalina, and now the Valiant 40 that she purchased a few years before meeting Patrick. Before they head out on their circumnavigation, she had completed numerous blue water passages between Rhode Island and the Caribbean and passages across the Gulf of Mexico. Cruising has included the Bahama Islands, New England, Nova Scotia, the Florida coast all in preparation for the day she could circumnavigate. Rebecca holds her 50 Ton Masters Captains License with towing and sailing endorsements. She is also a General Licensed Ham Radio Operator. She met Patrick on her first NARC Rally from Newport to Bermuda. She had always dreamed of sailing around the world, and knew that a passage to Bermuda in November would teach her more about heavy weather sailing since it is usually rough that time of year. Several years later when Patrick and Rebecca got together, they set their sites on earning enough money to cruise around the world together! Three years later, they had saved their money and were ready to move aboard! Rebecca was a very successful Realtor in Newport, RI, and has an extensive list of Computer Certifications and experience as well. Together now, they make a great team to take their home around the world for several years! More
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