So while Bright Eyes didn't get a full wax and buff, she did get all new paint. This weekend we painted the ''racing stripes". I attempted to just touch up the stripes but that wasn't turning out so great and we had plenty of paint so paint we did!




We also used up the rest of the bottom paint we had on high use areas such as the bow and the leading edges of the rudder and keel. It actually took alot of time to use up the rest of the paint cuz we used a 1 inch brush, but i'd say theres a good 2 1/2 to 3 coats of bottom paint on now. We also cleaned and sprayed a metal anti-fouling spray on our prop. No barnicles for us please.



Ofcourse Saturday before we started painting we found a way to procrastinate by joining our new friends Alex and Rebecca at thier cookout. Then it turns out the cookout was also a Boat Naming Ceremony! They did it right though by having guests and offering the God of the Sea champagne instead of the Bud Light we used. It was a windy but still nice day and we got good food too!



On a side note, congrats to Eric and Rick for both selling their boats! I helped Rick clean out his shed by taking some cleaning products, but I should have known all I was doing was giving us more work to do... We found some varnish and decided to use it up. But then we got a recommendation to use Cetol instead so we ended up buying stuff anyway. Christine is handling the teak and the first coat looks very nice. Two more coats and our teak should be rid of that weathered look.

The last chore of the weekend involved running the wires for the Autopilot. Everything is hooked up we just gotta mount the computer. Our laziness got the best of us and that can wait till next week. We are going to finish servicing the engine this weekend but everything that has to be done while on land is done!



Tuesday we got to see Ben Harper (the real one, not Christines kayak) at Pier 6 in Baltimore. We went with some good friends and got their early enough for 3rd row seats! It was a great time and he played for over 2 hours jammin into the night.




O and also we found this neat new website that interviews crusiers. Lots of advice on here and hopefully more to come. They interview a new cruiser every Monday.

The INTERVIEW WITH A CRUISER Project

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