December 2020

 

November 2020

 

2020-11-6 New electric panel, AC side connected, DC side next.

2020-11-7 mast lowered and clean-up in progress.

2020-11-21 cockpit tarped

October 2020

 2020-10-09 Deck painted with Rustoleum Topside

2020-10-18 Floatation foam fill to void under battery box

2020-10-19 fiberglass mat cut for battery box floor

2020-10-19 fiberglass mat cut for floor of under ladder area

2020-10-14 battery box and under ladder area fiberglass set in epoxy.

2020-10-25 rustoleum topside paint to electric panel and under ladder area

2020-10-25 rustoleum topside paint to battery box

September 2020

 

2020-09-13 bow cleats location

2020-09-20 cockpit painted

2020-09-20 Bow cleats set

August 2020

2020-08-31 Continuing with cockpit work, and making PVC trim board backing plates for new bow cleats.

2020-8-18 mast raised and secured, next is work on deck,

High 70's F (mid 20's C) going to mid 80's F (high 20's C)

2020-8-17 Counterweight ballast sanded and painted.

2020-8-13 mast painted with Minnwax stain and finish.

Low 80's F (high 20's C) 80% humidity and increasing, thunderstorms latter.

2020-8-3 fairing compound to mast counterweight ballast 80 F (27 C) before 9:00AM, low 90's F (low 30's C) in afternoon and tropical storm.

July 2020

2020-7-28 80 F (27 C) at 7:00 AM, going to high 90's F (high 30's C) 82% RH and afternoon thunderstorms no work today.

2020-7-27 encased lead shot in epoxy, low 80's F (high 20's C) at 7:00 AM to high 90's F (high 30's C) by noon.

2020-7-21 no work this week, 80 F (27 C) at 7:00 AM. Checked battery, fluid level OK.

2020-7-17 mast balance OK. Mid to high 90's F (mid 30's C) with afternoon thunderstorms next 5 days

2020-7-16 lead shot ballast installed in epoxy, high 70's F low 20's C) before 9:00 AM going to mid 80's F (low 30's C)  by noon. No camera today. I will check mast balance tomorrow; sufficient ballast or add more?

2020-7-15 mast ballast form box. 85 deg F (30 deg C) at 9:00 AM. Too hot to install lead ballast and epoxy ballast.

2020-7-15 Ballast form work box 

2020-7-15 Ballast form wraped

2020-7-14

Steel primed with rust primer

2020-7-14 Lead shot ballast arrived by USPS priority mail this afternoon. It may meet the postal service regulations but this is a lot for a mail carrier, they are without a doubt underpaid.

2020-7-3

Angle Grinder cut off about 5 pound (2.25 kg) section of old mast ballast, add approx 10 kg lead shot ballast to be set in epoxy, ground and fitted for total weight of ballast approx 35 pounds (16 kg)

Temperatures in high 90's F (mid 30's C). 

Lead shot ballast from https://www.rotometals.com/reclaimed-lead-shot-1-bag-25-pounds

Mast is 4x4x16 cedar approx 20 kg. discounting for lever arm, blocks, wet sheets and shrouds the force required to raise the mast applied at 7 ft from fulcrum should be in the range of 5 to 10 kg. Lever fulcrum is aprrox 2ft at ballast end and 14 ft from top. As mast goes up the point were force is applied will eventually be 3 ft from fulcrum (my shoulder height). The intent is to be able to do this single handed on an unstable platform in the water with sail, boom and yard on the deck.

Photographs to follow. Raising the mast in the dutch tabernacle should be a gentle lift.

2020-7-1

Removed Alado furler and commenced preparing mast for recoating and working on mast ballast. Temperatures in high 80's F to low 90's F (mid 20's C to low 30's C) thunder storms and humidity. 

June 2020

2020-6-19 Sanding and penetrating epoxy to kort inspired nozzle early in the morning. I left the sander on a picnic table at the yard but it was still where I left when I returned that evening. Yard was full of cars and weekend boating activity had commenced. So no work on the boat until Monday morning early.

2020-6-17 bow ring replaced, previously damaged during haulout

I am only doing minor work on the boat during Covid-19 and only on mornings that will have few people at the boat yard. I will not splash in June but will wait and see how July and August go.

Working on the outboard well motor mount and cockpit drain. Added more PineSol to bilge. I will work on the cockpit and bridge deck after the motor is reinstalled in the outboard well, then deck paint.

If I don't splash in July, this will be time for working on electrics.

If I don't splash in August the boat will not splash this year, so perfect time to repaint the interior.

September will be topside paint.

October will be bottom prep ready for spring bottom paint.

2020-6-12 Worked on the boat at 6:30 AM for two hours, no one around and light traffic. This is probably the time I will work on the boat to limit exposure during the second Covid-19 wave, but I anticipate a return to the "stay at home" order in a few weeks. I will try 5:30 AM for projects that take more time, to be out of the boat yard by 9:00 AM

May 2020

Gov Wolf announced recreational boating would be permitted.

I went to the boatyard to assess what work I need to do over the next few weeks.

Activity at the marina by others which does not conform to social distancing guidelines does make me more concerned about visiting the marina and the potential for me carrying the virus back to other family members.

I will not be in a rush to prep and splash the boat. Work for me will be limited to early mornings.

April 2020

Gorgas Run Bird

Gorgas Run Ivy Monster

Gorgas Run Sewer Monster

Manayunk Canal Headhouse at Shawmount

Flat Rock Dam at Shawmount

March 2020

The yard where the boat is stored until splash is closed due to Covid-19 as of 8:00 AM Monday 2020-3-23.
On Saturday 2020-3-21 I closed the boat up, dumped one litre of PineSol with 8% pine oil into the open bilge and walked away, maybe for 2 weeks, 2 months or more.

February 2020

Stable genius

Wallows in

Dung

Raca