We were blessed with another dry day today. And it was warm too. I think that's Jackie's footprint in the dust.
John...lying down on the job AGAIN! We stripped and sanded the final section of the starboard topsides in the morning. John primed them in the afternoon.
Anna was lying down on the job too. But we're thrilled to see the timber heads being replaced!
Jackie primed the waist that we sanded earlier. The main cabin was primed today too.
Brian and I set up the jib boom project. That's a 24' piece of red oak that will be our new jib boom by the end of the week (we hope!). Set up took a while as all but the support pieces had to be moved with a fork truck...we're talking some heavy pieces! We took measurements from the old jib boom and laid them out on the square piece of wood. We don't want to replicate exactly what we have now so the design process is still in the works. We're making it one foot longer and trying to keep the inboard end as thick as possible. Our challenges include making everything fit (whisker stays, jib stay, and bow chains, etc.) especially where the jib boom fits into the iron bands that hold it in place.
We were blessed with another dry day today. And it was warm too. I think that's Jackie's footprint in the dust.
John...lying down on the job AGAIN! We stripped and sanded the final section of the starboard topsides in the morning. John primed them in the afternoon.
Anna was lying down on the job too. But we're thrilled to see the timber heads being replaced!
Jackie primed the waist that we sanded earlier. The main cabin was primed today too.
Brian and I set up the jib boom project. That's a 24' piece of red oak that will be our new jib boom by the end of the week (we hope!). Set up took a while as all but the support pieces had to be moved with a fork truck...we're talking some heavy pieces! We took measurements from the old jib boom and laid them out on the square piece of wood. We don't want to replicate exactly what we have now so the design process is still in the works. We're making it one foot longer and trying to keep the inboard end as thick as possible. Our challenges include making everything fit (whisker stays, jib stay, and bow chains, etc.) especially where the jib boom fits into the iron bands that hold it in place.
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