Kaimusailing

The galley was full of rusty and corroded cans which had lost their labels, so it was anyone's guess what was in them. I knew I had a lot of diced tomatoes and some cans of baby clams. I pretty much identified everything but one can. The boatyard owner said he used to be in business with his dad salvaging vessels and most of them had canned goods on them. “We'd have what we called 'Salvage Stew'”.
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I expected the lone unidentified can to have some sort of tomato sauce, maybe crushed tomatoes, so I planned on making penne with red clam sauce. Most of the spices were ruined, but there were enough left to make pasta. Fortunately I opened the un-ID'd can first, what was staring back at me from inside the can were the infamous Chinese mackerel. The oriental sauce I had made with them the first time was awful, and I couldn't make it again anyway, the sesame garlic sauce bottle had gone bye-bye. I did have the Thai red curry paste and rice, so I made a rice curry. The rice and water were brought to a boil along with the liquid from the mackerel. I added about a tablespoon of the curry paste and a shot of red chili sauce. The mackerel were laid on a dish and the bones were removed. The fish was made into bite size pieces and thrown into the pot. After simmering a while the rice absorbed all the liquid and it was time to taste test the concoction. It wasn't too bad, way better than the previous attempt. I ate it for dinner and lunch the next day.
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Cooking in the galley was difficult due to the battery charging and repairs going on. After I finished tool washing down on the work bench below the cross deck, I put the tools in toolboxes and brought the propane stove down and set up a little kitchen on one end of the work bench. When it came time in the evening to make dinner I opened a can of clams and drained the liquid into a medium saucepan along with olive oil and parsley flakes, simmered it, and added a shot of chili sauce in lieu of red pepper flakes. Penne was cooked in a large pot and when it was ready, the drained can of clams was added along with the simmered liquid. It was seasoned with garlic salt and turned out OK. The young Russian had some and provided some bread.
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The forecast is unusual in that it will be in the 70's every day for the next week or so, right through the holidays. I'm gathering information about local sawmills and lumber yards and will be measuring for repair supplies. I will get fiberglass from my usual source at Raka in South Florida, I imagine shipping will be quicker here and cost less.
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The picture is of one of the skegs which had been sheared off at the tip. The repair will consist of cutting off the skeg along the seam where it fairs into the keel, routing out the keel for a slot for the new skeg, fabricating the wooden part of the skeg, epoxying it into the slot, then glassing it, fairing it in with the keel. The bottom of the skeg has a protrusion that accepts the rudder pivot post. Both the rudder and sternpost have fiberglass hinges made of rovings and mill ends. The pivot post is 1 inch in diameter, so maybe I can find plastic pipe of that outside diameter to use as a form.