Monday, November 12, 2007 |
Author: Julia
We had an explosion of productivity over the weekend with our various projects around the boat.
The head rebuild has progressed another major stage; we installed and mounted the toolboxes on the back wall, mounted the electrical outlet and hung a hammock for miscellany. As I write this, it doesn't sound like a big deal, but these toolboxes have taken a long time to mount. We have been thinking about, talking about, testing ways of mounting those toolboxes; realizing that idea won't work, going back to the thinking about, talking, testing, mocking up another way and so on. I was a big proponent for the hammock method (string mesh tightly across the front and back of the boxes and they will be inert). It turns out this method does not pan out in reality the way it did in my mind, primarily due to the fact that the boxes are remarkably heavy and it's difficult to get the mesh tight enough to hold ~20lbs of hammers, screwdrivers and spanners.
Our current method involves a block for support at the front of the boxes with shock cord over the top. It seems to be working great-and I am looking forward to seeing how it holds up to a test sail. The head rebuild is really starting to come together-we've been using it as a workroom for a while now.
The bookshelves are coming along nicely also; the epoxy is drying as we speak and tonight we will go see the results of our handiwork.
SPILL UPDATE
We went up to Sausalito yesterday scouting for wedding ceremony locations, and kept an eye out for the fuel spill on the Bay. I was surprised by the amount of boats out on the Bay day sailing; considering that club races are canceled, Angel Island is closed and the Coast Guard has requested that recreational mariners stay out of the water. Haven't they seen what that stuff will do to their hull? Check out the 'Lectronic Latitude article and pictures for details.
Sadly, the oil seems to be continuing to spread and affecting wildlife. There was a notice at Brisbane Marina stating that oil had been spotted only 1/2 mile north, and the nice guy who works at West Marine in South San Francisco said he had seen a bird covered in oil walking around the lot when he got in to work.
The head rebuild has progressed another major stage; we installed and mounted the toolboxes on the back wall, mounted the electrical outlet and hung a hammock for miscellany. As I write this, it doesn't sound like a big deal, but these toolboxes have taken a long time to mount. We have been thinking about, talking about, testing ways of mounting those toolboxes; realizing that idea won't work, going back to the thinking about, talking, testing, mocking up another way and so on. I was a big proponent for the hammock method (string mesh tightly across the front and back of the boxes and they will be inert). It turns out this method does not pan out in reality the way it did in my mind, primarily due to the fact that the boxes are remarkably heavy and it's difficult to get the mesh tight enough to hold ~20lbs of hammers, screwdrivers and spanners.
Our current method involves a block for support at the front of the boxes with shock cord over the top. It seems to be working great-and I am looking forward to seeing how it holds up to a test sail. The head rebuild is really starting to come together-we've been using it as a workroom for a while now.
The bookshelves are coming along nicely also; the epoxy is drying as we speak and tonight we will go see the results of our handiwork.
SPILL UPDATE
We went up to Sausalito yesterday scouting for wedding ceremony locations, and kept an eye out for the fuel spill on the Bay. I was surprised by the amount of boats out on the Bay day sailing; considering that club races are canceled, Angel Island is closed and the Coast Guard has requested that recreational mariners stay out of the water. Haven't they seen what that stuff will do to their hull? Check out the 'Lectronic Latitude article and pictures for details.
Sadly, the oil seems to be continuing to spread and affecting wildlife. There was a notice at Brisbane Marina stating that oil had been spotted only 1/2 mile north, and the nice guy who works at West Marine in South San Francisco said he had seen a bird covered in oil walking around the lot when he got in to work.
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