Do You Live in a Barn?
15 November 2011 | Close....a boat.
Capt Rich
Almost every kid has heard and parents have asked the famous question, "Do you live in a Barn? Close the door!"
But what happens if you took your doors off the hinges over a year ago and stored them away? Doors on a boat are about a useful as a screen door on a submarine when it comes to security. In fact, I leave them unlocked when we are away from the boat so that I don't have the added cost of teak door repair if someone kicked them in on their way to pirate our boat. I've only been on a few boats where the doors would offer any type of real inconvenience to a pirate, and most of those have been upgraded with some type of SS bars or latches. Two nights ago was the first time we needed to close our door in a long time, as it rained from about sunset until midnight. The doors did keep rain out of the companion way entry, but we also were given a nice little reminder of the leaks we have aboard.
For a 34yr old boat, with a reputation as a "Leaky Teaky", the amount and extent of leaks we have really are not that bad, but it doesn't take much of a leak to be a big headache, especially when one of those leaks is right above Lori's Pillow! I was warned that I had better move Lori's special leak up the repair list or risk being locked out, but since we don't typically have our front doors attached I'm not quite sure just how she plans to lock me out. But then I got to thinking, we DO have a house in Bakersfield, with a door, two deadbolts and a chain lock, so I hope she wasn't talking about THAT door!
I think I have a leak repair project that just moved up to the top of my list!