September 20, 2018

I came down with a cold this week, so I spent several days taking it easy.  As I gradually recovered, I took care of a few light duty tasks and progressed to tackling the port side rub rail.  When there was break in the usual evening thunderstorms I walked over to the beach and got some nice sunset photos and a time-lapse video.  Had dinner with friends Mike and Lisa and I fear I might have passed on my cold to him.

I saw a lot of this view this week while I was coping

with a cold.

In the "It's always something" category:  somehow one

of the docklines popped out of the chock and damaged

my newly refinished cap rail before I caught it. 

I usually keep the lines pretty tight, so I'm a bit puzzled

about how it happened.  Must have been during a rain

when the wet lines expand and loosen and a boat

came by and made an extra big wake.  Sigh.

When you're sick, topping off the batteries with water

counts as the project for the day.

First step in refinishing the rub rail:  removing the 

stainless steel trim strip...without dropping it into

the water.  I secured it with lanyards before I started

removing it, so of course I had no problems.

Trim removed and old finish sanded with 220 grit.

Worn spots touched up with Cetol Marine and entire

rub rail recoated with Cetol Gloss.

Dinner with Lisa and Mike at Barracuda in Nuevo Vallarta.

Do these new green shoes make me look fat?

Green with envy?

How the resident tiger keeps his cool during the hot

summer.

Time-lapse of beach sunset