Bart Senior wrote:
... I need to figure out how to secure my batteries
for a rollover. No hurry there, since I don't plan to take it on the
ocean anytime soon.

Your boat is very safe from a rollover, assuming non Cape Horn
conditions. But it doesn't hurt to secure the batteries against extremem
angles of heel & violent motion, if you plan to sail the boat hard.



Build up spoke/hub of steering wheel to make it less wobbly. I have to
have at least one ongoing job involving WEST epoxy.


I do so much of it, I'm thinking about buying a vacuum bagger pump.
My friend Marty says a vacuum cleaner will work. Have you tried
that?

Yes but you have to get a venturi or you will burn up the motor. I have
a PVC venturi that I hook a slack tube manometer to, for a vacuum gage.


You are fortunate to have a wife who likes boats as much as
you do.

Oh yes, I am a very lucky man. Marrying a good woman is the best of it,
but I've had more than my share of luck in many ways.


Hoo-ee... on a 46' hull, each pass represents a HUGE
amount of labor


Huge labor is right. After I'm done, I'm going to become a
professional arm wrestler.

Nothing like hard work to build manly muscles


I had so much area to do I found I never had enough materials.
So my boat looks like a patchwork doll with difference colors
in different places, and on top of each other.

Different colors layered on top of each other is the best way to see the
high & low spots. The 470 I raced many moons ago looked like desert camo
when we were fairing it.



... I'll take a picture
if I can find my digitial camera.

Why don't you post some picture for us of your projects?

OK. Taking pictures has been a low priority but there's no reason not to
now that the pace has slowed a bit. We did a series of pics lst year for
the boatyard work, but we haven't taken any boat work pics since then.
Which is a shame because the deck & the varnish have come out marvelously.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King