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. 


Oh, and as promised:
A Small Dog.













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