A few moments in the Sun!
Nothing special this weekend. Held up the new Bimini top to get an idea of size and Hight for the install. Started replacing the rotting old fence. (I put it up 14 years ago.) Got 6 sections in, 16 more to go.
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The Daily Blizzard!
This happened on March 15. Et tu Frosty? And then it melted by the next day... I really need to start working on this boat, but it needs to be dry and warm to really do the things that need doing. It's been a few days and my Dinghy is still hard, so I'm going to call that a win. The new valve covers are holding, and no leaks found in the air chambers. There was a leak in the hull to air chamber joint that I had plugged and replugged over time and distance using 5200 and flex-seal. I gently tugged at the tapes holding the hull on. Dried glue dust and bright sunlight induced a sneeze and being the polite sort, I invoked a deity. Now I must have mumbled because the Universe misheard what I said, the bottom dropped off the dinghy and a portal opened where there had previously been none. Said portal lead to a parallel dimension virtually identical to our own. As of this posting, no visitors from the other side have come through, but...
March: Lions, Lambs, Small Dogs and other mammals that don't like snow!
So, its been a few weeks and it's been way too cold to work on Via Mente. A little snow, a little melting, a little blow and then a punishment in the form of heavy wet miserable crap. But then this weekend was nice, and I got some stuff done. Snow on the boat from last weekends storm... This weekend was warm enough to clear the decks, and warm enough for Butyl to flow and seal.. Eventually I will get all the deck fittings re-installed and leak free. This is a frame mount for the dodger. The block is polyethylene, the same stuff I am replacing all the on deck teak with. Along that same line of projects, Bought a Dodger kit and Sail Pack Cover kit from Sailrite. Those things are $pendy, gonna be PB&J round here for a bit. Also, I was able to dig out the dinghy, still holds air. I bought new covers for the air valves because the old ones went missing. Thanks to Chase Leavitt in Ellsworth for helping me find replacements....