This week I continued to work on finishing the projects
related to my ground tackle systems. I
also had the yard fabricate a couple of teak blocks for my mounting my new/used
turning blocks. On Saturday I went
paddling with the outrigger canoe club for the first time in about 10
years. Not surprisingly, I could hardly
move the next couple of days, which slowed my work progress considerably. On Wednesday I was invited to go sailing, and
discovered that I can, more or less, still do it. The swell and surf were big during the first
part of the week, which made for a bit of excitement.
Despite the interruptions, I managed to make pretty good
progress on fabricating and finishing a screen for the windlass motor and
some boards to partially close off the
opening to the chain locker so that the additional rode I added last week
doesn’t spill out onto the v-berth. I’d
like to get them finished next week, but you can’t rush that. I’d also like to get the turning blocks
mounted. Then I can start working on conscripting
some friends to go sailing to test and tune.
Excellent wood working despite your lack of a proper shop space. I'll be up to inspect soon!
ReplyDeleteAn excellant recovery after the new years. A windlass motor is a windlass motor - its so purrrty
ReplyDeleteLove that beach surf shot....
But lecture Larry on putting the winch handle back in the cradle, else someone will trip on it, hurt themselves and go overboard with winch handle attached to their leg.
SaltyMonkey knows everything!