With the window installation comes the re-varnishing of the interior surrounding cherry woodwork. Bob has filled the holes in the woodwork with rounded cap oak plugs. This has all been sanded and two or three coats of varnish has been applied. That project is now officially finished.

While he was in a varnishing mood the exterior of the main saloon bi-fold door has also been sanded and received two coats of varnish....this time with a brush. (The last time the doors were not yet on the boat and the varnish was sprayed on. Several coats were applied this way but for the exterior finish using a brush to apply the product provides a much better finish.) This will get a day off tomorrow and the final coat will be applied on Thursday.

Today I washed the underside of the cockpit and bridgedeck as well as inside areas of the hulls. I also began polishing some areas and tomorrow we will combine forces to finish the exterior of the hulls as well.

This finish on the boat is so mirror like it is incredible...not much effort is required to keep it clean and shiny...read sun protected.

Thursday will be another day of finishing up odds and ends including marking the rest of the framing that supported the shrink wrap so successfully over the winter. When the weekend rolls around, the plastic will be sliced off and the framing will be removed and stacked in the truck for transport back home to our storage shed.

This means that some time next week we will be launched. We expect to spend a couple of days dockside at Shaw's while we wash the topsides, get the engines running, and load all of the stuff we unloaded in late September. Then we are off to EYC and then on to Greenwich Cove.

The trip down the Taunton River should be nice this time of year as there will not be all that much traffic especially going under the Mount Hope Bridge, which can be a real pain sometimes.

We have decided to return as weekend launch drivers at EGYC. It will be interesting taking the dinghy to work!

Hope to catch up with friends Vicky and (newly minted Captain) Tom Worosz at Norton's as they ready Osprey for another cruise to the Caribbean.

That is it for now. Stay tuned.....