Windchime reaches her new home
This was going to be a two part process – Monday evening I was going to get the boat in the water, and then Tuesday move it. Arriving Monday, I was greeted like this. WHAT IS IT WITH SNOWFALL… Continue reading
Maintenance
Getting ready to go
I got back from my week long work trip, and paid a visit to my boat. I checked on the status of the dehumidifier and found it hadn’t collected as much as I’d hoped – on investigation I found why… Continue reading
Getting ready
I arrived at my boat and was pleased to see the yard had finished the painting – the bottom looks a lot better now! I’d planned to fix some of the gel coat that had been scraped off on… Continue reading
Picked up my keycard and assignment today
I’m on E Dock, at fishermans wharf. This is great since it’s the furthest dock from the touristy areas!
Painting!
Or maybe not. After arriving at the boat today, I started marking off the waterline with green painters tape, and then abruptly decided to get someone else to do it. This was for 2 main reasons: – Firstly, for maximum… Continue reading
Cleaning!
After a long few days of sub-zero temperatures, meaning the water at the yard wasn’t working, it finally warmed up enough so the water started running again. Which meant that I couldn’t postpone cleaning any longer… here are some example… Continue reading
Weather
Ok – so I need it to be fairly close to 10c for the bottom paint to dry fast, and the water stops working at 0c apparently in the boatyard, so anything over 3c should be good, right? … Continue reading
Frustrations
So I arrived Saturday morning, laden with cleaning products, ready to start scrubbing the HELL out of the boat. Except – the water was off at the yard. For the forseeable future. Argh. I tried scrubbing with a bucket of… Continue reading