The past few weeks from the last post have been spent mostly on the boat.\u00a0 The several day exception is when Ike came rolling thorough and almost directly overhead.\u00a0 On sailor said he could see the remnants of the “eye”.\u00a0 I trust his judgement as he has 60K sea miles and has survived a couple of open sea hurricanes.\u00a0 On my return the boat was dry inside and this made me happy.<\/p>\n
I spent a couple of weeks making and installing a total of about 100 teak plugs for the cabin top deck.\u00a0 I can do 15 per day if I hurry but average 10 per day.\u00a0 The process involves\u00a0popping out the old plug\u00a0 has been sanded to about 1\/32″ thick, countersinking the existing Flathead screw hole to a 1\/8″ depth and installing a 1\/8″ shorter stainless steel screw and gluing in a 1\/2″ long plug.\u00a0 Later when the glue is dry, I use a fine and flexible back saw made by Stanley to cut the plug almost flush with the deck.\u00a0 If needed I sand it shorter.\u00a0 All this can be done production line style if rain is not in the immediate future.<\/p>\n
Fred B spent last Th, Fri, Sat & Sun on the boat and we had a good time.\u00a0 We were supposed to go on a 4 day cruise but at the last minute a potential buyer showed up on Saturday and we had to cancel the trip as it would take too long.\u00a0 The days on the boat seem to pass quickly and I am enjoying the freedom of retirement.\u00a0 I may get bored this winter though but there is winter boat work to do too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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