Woo Hoo! Retirement - now things will get done really quickly! More time, less restrictions. This will be easy! Wrong!!!! Mark said he just traded a job that he got paid for to a job with No pay & longer hours. On the bright side things are getting done faster.

If you have ever bench pressed a 13 ton boat, well at least that is what it felt like. After days & months of holding a sander to the bottom of the boat, that is how it felt. Did I mention that a 44 foot boat has a really large bottom. And 44 feet is only one side!!

Everything above the deck/hull joint was just raw fiberglass. All edges had to be sanded, filled and faired. Time was spent planning the deck hardware, hatches & rigging.

The entire cabin top has been cored with balsa wood. This means every hole made in the fiberglass must be cored (drilling out the fiberglass, remove the balsa wood & fill with fortified epoxy. Mark has done this process in over hundreds & hundreds of holes. Getting the top ready to paint and add hardware was not a fun easy process either.

My (linda) saving Grace is that Mark is able to maintain a very positive outlook. He is always saying "Piece of Cake" when I ask him how it is going. Amazing!!