July 21, 2016

Carol and I went for a sunset dinghy ride on Sunday, which led to most of this week being focused on dinghy and outboard maintenance and fixes.  After fresh water flushing and burning the fuel out of the carburetor, I changed out the zinc on the motor, and refurbished the lever system for tilting the outboard.  Polishing the plastic covers and coating them with 303 Protectant makes it look newer, if not run better.  I even lubed the zipper on the outboard's cover.  I also fabricated and installed a spacer block to align the starboard beaching wheel which was grossly out of alignment with the dinghy's center line.  The port wheel also needs adjustment, but it's not as far off, so maybe next week.  I also wrestled some more with the Brion Toss method for doing double braid eye splices.  I'm getting better, but still haven't got it down yet.  With the arrival of the series drogue extension this week, more splicing work is in the cards for next week...

  

 

June 28, 2012

The week just flew by and was gone before I knew it.  Carol came up for the weekend and braved a sail on Lee's GulfStar.  She suffered some mal de mer, so we came in early even though Carol was a good sport about it. The rest of the week was lots of boat work punctuated by a day sailing Marty's new boat and celebrating Dan's birthday at the Rhumbline restaurant.  Not even time to stop and 'smell the roses!' Almost forgot about getting the blog out today!

 

June 21, 2012

Although it was another busy week, I got a bit of a break for R & R by visiting Carol in LA over the weekend. Despite such indolence, I managed to get a couple of projects completed, which is a rare and special event! Even my new windlass cover was finally completed by Jim and Donna after many weeks of delay. In my enthusiasm, I decided to try to repair my old outboard one last time before giving up on it for good.
The single unfortunate event of the week was the death of the little sea lion pup born at the marina last week. While it's sad, with an infant sea lion mortality rate of some 90%, it's not unusual.