Gentlemem…It was an extremely productive weekend. There is always “more” to do in pursuit of perfection but progress was made! Huge thanks to Peter Carpenter and Gerry Canet.
Pete assisted in removing the steering cables, then the quadrant and the autopilot control arm and eventually dropping the rudder out of the boat after determining that the play in the lower rudder bearing was sub-optimal. Thx Pete!.
Gerry and his son Augusto came on Sunday and we setup scaffolding and were able to burnish the entire bottom to >1,000 grit. Augusto provided moral support and entertainment with his enthusiasm for driving. Augusto got quite a bit of driving in on hist first ever day of driving a golf cart!
I continued on Sunday and made progress in modifying some stainless pipe berths…if all goes well (fingers crossed) we may have two more somewhat comfortable bunks in the main salon.
Bill Slattery and John Fallon both stopped by to provide a little moral support which was much appreciated.
THERE IS ONLY ONE MORE WEEKEND before the boat leaves for NEWPORT 0-: I need to update my list and determine what help I may need either a weeknight or two or during the coming weekend. Please start looking at your schedule(s) and thinking about where you might be able to carve out a couple of hours to help… We may need to do one semi-mandatory gathering prior to the boat leaving… More info to follow…
Attached are a few pictures of some of the efforts and events mentioned above:
