February 21, 2013

With the aft head done, I turned my attention this week to the large hanging locker in the aft cabin.  I decided to line the bulkheads with aromatic cedar to fight mold, mildew and moths.  Although the job required a lot of tedious fitting and much "boat yoga," it went fine.  The next steps will be carpeting the floor and hull and then finishing the overhead with a white panel.
Over the weekend, Carol and I went on a hike seeking the legendary "punchbowl."  It turned out that we didn't go quite far enough (although it was plenty for us) to see the larger swimming hole and waterfall, but still had a good time.  Today's nature photos are from that walk.

 

 

 

 

February 14, 2013

With no visit with Carol last weekend, I had some more time for project work.  (No rest for the weary!)  But that was okay as I made great progress and arguably reached a milestone or two.  The aft cabin is looking very good and the aft head is essentially finished.  I even remounted the head door that I refinished almost exactly (OMG!) three years ago (see the February 13, 2010 blog).  I also resolved the irksome problem with the shower sump pump by reinstalling the original pump (after refinishing it with spray-on bedliner).   I'm now at Carol's for a Valentine's Day dinner.  Life is good!  

Happy Valentine's Day all!

February 7, 2013

Work in the aft cabin continued this week with the refinishing of the the floor in the head and the fiberglass liner that is the cabinet for the drawers under the berths and vanity.  The next phase of work will require my clearing out even more things from the aft cabin area, and I'm running out of places to put things.  The simplest solution was to rent another locker space from the marina, for a total of three!  But at $12/mo each, I can't complain.  In addition to the interior work, I did some cleaning up on deck, in part because I finally found someone to do some canvas work for me at a reasonable price and I had to get things out of his way.  (Stay tuned to see how it turns out).
Spent the weekend in LA with Carol.  We did a little hike around Lake Hollywood, had some good meals and watched a couple of trashy movies for a change.  Relaxing GOOD!