Another weekend, more progress on the boat.
First
up was painting the forward and aft trim I fitted back in November.
It's one of those jobs I've been meaning to do, and finally got around
to actually getting it done.
Saturday morning
dawned and I went off to collect our packages from the boat yard office.
The swim platform steel had arrived, as had the new waste tank (and a
whole lot of other little bits & pieces).
The
steel arrived in five pieces, with four of them needing a small trim to
adjust to the angles of the transom, and the one large piece to be cut
in half diagonally to act as the vertical support (clear as mud?)
Anyway, out came the grinder and we had that all done relatively
quickly, then I put my newly improved welding skills to use and
fabricated up the supports.
The tide was fast
then going out so we positioned the dinghy behind the boat and drilled /
attached the supports to the boat. Infuriatingly, I attached the outer
bolts first, meaning the inner bolts are now impossible to drill from
outside... added to that, the weather dropped below freezing and the
5200 hasn't cured, so I'm planning on removing the supports this coming
weekend, drilling out and fitting the inner bolts, then fitting the
hardwoood swim deck.
While all this merriment
was going on outside, Lauren cracked on with labeling up our courtesy
flags (all sixty of them). These flags have to be flown on our starboard
spreader once we've cleared into a country, so we figured we might as
well do a bulk order and get them all now.
Sunday
morning dawned and with rain predicted, I fitted up our new, smaller
waste tank. The wood support structure below it still needs to be built,
but for all intents and purposes it's in place.
That about covers this weekend. Being back at work means progress
has slowed down considerably, but we're still on track to have
everything done for departure. I also ordered up the new Aries rudder
tube extension, so we'll hopefully get a test sail in over the Christmas
break.
Right, back to life in the office. 5 1/2 months to go...
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