Another week gone by. Things have settled down at the yard. I now have two guys working and both are happy and into the project. John, the older, is building a crane/davit to lift a tender and all the construction materials as we go so I won't have to go find the yard crane five times a day to lift and place steel. Randy is opening up the rudder room and doing a much larger hatch so I can use all that space for diving compressors and tanks.The deck over the hold is all cut up and ready to be pulled off and the rest of the boat is demoed and cleaned out. We've decided to get rid of the 2/71 genset, too big,a fuel hog,and needs to much work, and put in a new smaller Northern Lights generator. We'll see what condition the main 12/71 is in. Next week the boat gets pulled up and set "on the hard" to get sandblasted and have the bottom done. Hopefully the bottom steel is in good shape and we encounter no ugly surprises. This whole process is going to take longer than originally thought, but when it's over we'll have a much better idea of how this boat is put together and how to survive on it. We miss you all, write and let us know how you're doing.
Lorenzo, you sound much happier, your new guys enterprising.
ReplyDeleteHave you and Joyce found a bar with a big old TV where you can eat crawfish, drink Dixies and watch the Derby? Big Brown's jockey is Cajun- from Vermilion Parish. Oh to live in a place called Vermilion Parish...
Maine is cold. Stinker, Clytie, Henry, and I are huddled by the woodstove, waiting for the thermometer to creep past 30, so we can plant leeks and carrots with some thought they might survive. David is at HM. Rose and Grace are flying to Oregon on Wednesday so G. can look at Oregon State. David will then fetch G. and her stuff May 12th. We hope to get up to Prince Edward Island before May ends so G. can look at UPEI, and for a look at Atlantic Canada.
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