Spring Outfitting - Day Twenty-Four

There are still 6 more days in April! The list of things that are getting done already that have never been done in April is getting longer and longer! And all I can say in response to the question on Mike's shirt is, "I am!"


The crew sanded all the turned stanchions while I filled spots with marine putty in the top rail and margin planks. I also hooked up the hose for fresh water and started to fill our water tanks after putting all the plumbing back together. The pump works but the system needs a few tweaks. I need to replace the cold water pressure valve (and I may do the hot water valve at the same time to avoid having to do it mid-season) to see if that solves the problem.

Then I painted the margin planks...

...while Jackie and Mike primed the stanchions.

John sanded the strong-back, yawl boat davits, and the mid-ship house, then primed the strong back and applied the final coat to the mid-ship house.

Aiden scraped and sanded the mast hoops on both masts and they are now ready for priming and painting.

Brian painted the red stars on the spars and put the first coat of paint on Rebecca. He also removed the winter bow lines and chain for storage in the loft.

Everyone was involved in putting the winter cover away. It gets stored in one of the dock buildings and some boats had to be moved first so we'd have access to an area large enough for all the pieces.

It was a little windy when we were painting in the afternoon and little black bugs were landing in our paint. At one point I joked that I had decided we were going to put the cover back on to keep the bugs out of the paint. No one believed me. I guess I have to work on my delivery!