Herky Jerky Spring
07 May 2012
It’s been a jerky start to this year’s sailing season, preparation activity being interrupted repeatedly with house selling activities. It’s been a painful spring – but we’re hopeful that the house will move shortly…
Meanwhile, we’ve got half the winches stripped and come to a screeching halt because of missing parts and a failure on my part to be able to disassemble one of them – and I can’t find instructions anywhere on a 68 – you’d think Lewmar didn’t make a winch that big…
The bottom is a bit of an issue – there’s a problem of adhesion between layers - probably dating back 2 or 3 years. So much so that we’ve decided to get it cleaned off properly, so it’ll now be soda blasted back to the barrier layer and then after a fresh couple of coats of barrier paint, on with some new Micron 66.
The boom is ready and waiting to be delivered and attached to the mast. Before that, the new Strong Track system needs to be installed – the old one was badly damaged. Then we have new sails to bend on.
We’ve been working the wood – re-finishing the teak entryway and repairing the just varnished salon table – that took a severe beating when it was brought aboard by some clumsy Brit.
With any luck, Brandon at Pirate cove will be able to get us into the water in the next couple of weeks and then the fun begins… (not) finishing bimini, dodger and sailcover!