"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Impressive list Skip, thanks.

Are we any closer to hearing splashing noises from the direction of Ft
Pierce?


Yes, but still no end date.

We're expecting some time in Janury. We will be taking 2-3 weeks to make
the trek north again at yet another baby's birth (this time it's my
daughter's) and to allow Lydia to finally catch up with my kids, the last
several years' having been so her-kid centric that she didn't take any time
to visit with them when we came ashore - and is now regretting it, so that
will make our departure a bit less speedy than we might have otherwise
wished, but also making us very grateful to have been stateside for all
that's happened while we've been on the ground.

The final fairing is coming along very nicely, if slowly. We've found
another helper who is very skilled at what he does, having worked for a
boatbuilder for several years here in FTP, and we've turned that part over
to him while we do other things. ETD on that is a couple of weeks or so,
after which we'll put on copious barrier coat, followed by bottom paint.

In the meantime, we have a new 73# Rocna anchor on the way (I'll have a
for-sale on my 75# CQR knockoff here shortly, once I get the pictures up and
my spiel written), which will involve some modification (extra parts, and
better end result, to boot) of our newly brilliant anchor roller system, due
to the roll bar on the Rocna otherwise impacting our cage, plus running
backstays for the staysail which never had any, this week.

I'm also sourcing, thence to install, the various other things (like a new
VHF antenna for the arch, hardware for the new cockpit table, 3/8
teak-and-holly to replace the forward-head-area cutouts due to rot [forward
shower leak remediation in the galleries], casting of new chocks, and a few
other things) which need to be done before we leave :{))

L8R

Skip and crew


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