One month into the repairs, and we're lookin' pretty good. There's been a lot of work to get the glass done, and pursue inspections to find any further damage has got us to the point shown in the photo album 'Rebuilding'. SCBW (Schooner Creek Boatworks) has done some fine work finding the limits of delamination, and reglassing the damaged hull from the outside.

Unfortunately, the chainplates for the shrouds and forestay have elongated holes. So now we're looking at cost assessment to determine either replacement or repair.

Costs continue to rise, but we've been working on balancing the rising costs with re-using some damaged equipment like sails. And as some areas need more work, some appear to need less -- at least for now. As it seems a full inspection of the head floor and aft cabin floor is possible and no damage has been found, and full removal can be avoided, we can save some costs there.

The staysail chainplate has been removed, inspected and re-installed. The starboard portlights the same. Most of the glass has been done, and we're just planning to order the mast and rigging. And of course, the big job is the re-installation of the interior joinery.

I've been learning the difficulties of sewing, while trying to feed 50 pounds of staysail through my new Sailrite machine. My apartment has been turned into a sail loft, with sails and canvas lying about, bits of polyester thread keep appearing, and my new machine lying in the middle of the room.

Unfortunately, I've broken 6 needles in 24 hours trying to get the head webbing of my staysail through the machine. I managed to get one stitch out of four complete before the ugliness, and I may have to finish it by hand. For now, I'll wait for some heavier 22 needles, and will try again. But, for the most part, I think this will work on all but the thickest material, and my cut-in-half genoa should arrive today via FedEx. It will need at least two new upper panels, two lower panels, new tape at the luff, a new leech line, and then a few patches.

So if that's not enough work, then I still have to go to my job at the airline to pay for all those needles I'm breaking...