We were blessed with another perfect painting day so that's what we did! After a little hand sanding in the morning, the rest of the day was spent varnishing the masts from the tables to the wedges, painting the aft side of the head house, the top of the log rail, cabins, the grub beam around the mid-ship house, and the top rail. Rockland resident and Evans guest, Alan Athearn, showed up to help us out for a few hours. Thanks, Alan! It's always great to see your smiling face and we appreciate your help.
You can see from the pictures that the schooner still looks very much like a construction site. The mast hoops are now dry and released from the messenger lines that held them up. You can see where I sanded and primed on the starboard quarter and scraped in other areas in preparation for sanding. Don't worry that gray is just a primer coat! There is a lot of flaking paint and still much sanding and painting to do...
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Gee, I almost forgot. During lunch I went shopping for ingredients for pasta salad. Yup, the one on our recipes page. I cooked the pasta while I inhaled a salad and put all the fun ingredients and dressing together. We rushed to finish our painting project just after 5:00 so we could get home for a shower and a quick walk for Izze before we had to be at a pot luck Maine Windjammer Association meeting that went until 9:00. That makes for a long day!
0500 in the morning my alarm goes off. By the time I go to the gym, run errands, make dinner, pack lunch for the next day and clean up, it's usually around 2000. So an hour or two to do household chores before collapsing into bed at around 2200, and I'm still in an apartment.
But you've got me beat, you're blog shows your up by 0445 every day!
Glad to read the gray was primer. I thought you might have entered the Lewis R French look alike contest. :-p
Hey Jack Tarr, I'm home for a few minutes on a gorgeous afternoon when I SHOULD be at the boat painting. I'll give you all the details when I see you next as to why I had to (IMO, unnecessarily) interrupt this perfect painting day.
Anyway, funny you mention the French. They are hauling her this afternoon and it's pretty windy. Hopefully there won't be any problems but if she comes alongside us the paint scratches won't show!
Wait 'til you see how far we got today. I've got to rush back for more painting and more pictures for today's blog post.
Big Hugs!
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