November 20, 2014

I finished restoring and upgrading the first windvane for the Hydrovane and it looks good enough to make it worthwhile to do the other two smaller ones.  The reflective flag and stripe work just as I had anticipated.  Prior to installing the panels for finishing the alcove shelf in the saloon, I sealed the back sides with Thompson's WaterSeal, installed a 12 volt outlet and drilled a hole in the side panel to allow household power cords to pass through the panel to the outlet in the adjacent locker.  I'm almost done with the trim for the alcove and look forward to getting it all back together next week.  In addition, I made several more pieces of trim to finish up some panel seams and hide the two controllers for the LED strip lights.  While waiting for paint and varnish to dry, I installed a new mount for the stern anchor, which heretofore had simply sat on the deck leaning against and tied to a stanchion.  It looked hokey and was a pain to deploy and stow.  Much better now.
This time of year the flowers are scarce, but the beautiful sunrises and sunsets are plentiful!

May 16, 2012

It's a good week when I can say I've completed two projects!  The stern anchor system got the final touch with the addition of the stainless rubrail and I finished the watertight bulkhead in the aft lazarette and, in the process, added a step/bracket to keep the emergency tiller and connecting shaft at hand, rather than buried somewhere in the big lazarette.

My friend John and I went up to Santa Barbara early Saturday to catch the boaters' swapmeet and Carol met us there later that morning.  After a late breakfast, Carol and I visited the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden.  It was a delightful place to be on a cool foggy day.  This week's eye candy photos were all shot there.

I 'm expecting a visit from an old friend from high school this evening, so I thought I'd best get the blog out before he arrives.  Who knows what sort of mischief we might get into!