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Greetings, O moribund newsgroup :{))
I just finished a letter to my son who asked when I was going to set sail. Here's what I said: Today marks the last day of sanding on the last batch of the epoxy fairing compound we've been putting all over our hull, sanding down with longboards to minimize all the dings. It's come out VERY well. Barrier coat will start tomorrow, if we don't find something bad enough to warrant making up some more fairing (which may happen; there are a myriad of little bubble spots which will have to be filled, either at this stage, or at the first layer of barrier coat, with a much smaller makeup of a different epoxy filler). Rudder and shaft challenges have also crept in and will delay our departure if they aren't resolved before we're finished with the bottom paint. About 40 small chores are also on the list. Not all the current pix are up, but you can get an idea of what we've accomplished so far by clicking the gallery link, then the 2011 refit thumbnail. As always, a boat's an onion - peel a layer, cry, peel another layer, cry some more :{)) So, as to setting sail, that's still very much up in the air, complicated by family-type stuff. There are two major events that I'm sure Lydia will want to be a part of, one in April, and another some time this summer, in Rabun County. Last I heard, your sister will produce another nephew for you somewhere in that same time frame, as well, so if we have to be in the neighborhood at that time, I'll take advantage of that as well. Lydia's mother is still on the fence, but we expect her with us once we actually start sailing. If all the above happens first, she'll stay where she is at the moment; if not, it could get interesting as to how and where she stays during all our travels aground. So, our original thought to immediately head to Haiti via the Bahamas and beyond doesn't make all that much sense (airplanes back in such a short time, along with all the challenges related to boat storage and Portia). In addition, there has been enough done, and the boat out of the water long enough, that I want to shake it down before we start crossing oceans. As we still don't have any real idea of when it will be that we go back in the water, we'll have to play it by ear, but a trip through the Keys is something we've never done. Likewise, we never really got to enjoy Maine or the rest of that area, as it was late enough in the year that we had to sorta hurry south after the two miserable weeks of constant rain there. Ironically, should we decide to go north, we got taken advantage of in Georgetown, giving ALL our charts and books for everything north of Florida to a cruising couple who were going to do that trip next. We hadn't discussed costs, and we believe that they thought we were just giving them away (despite our meeting having come via their asking if anyone had charts over the morning VHF net), so brought a bottle of wine. We didn't feel comfortable making an issue of it once their intent was evident, especially since we really didn't expect to need them again. MANY hundreds of dollars worth of charts and books which we'll have to replace if that's what we do... Ennyhoo, it will certainly be several weeks before we CAN go back in the water. Barrier coat, bottom coat (both with having to move jack stands on each coat), and boot stripes on the hull, removal and cutting (long story about my mistakes when we got the new shaft during our initial refit) the driveshaft, along with a critical decision on whether to return to a standard packing or keep the dripless one we have now (technical discussion) as well as replacing the cutlass bearing (with one of the two spares I bought when I replaced it in the initial refit) are absolutes; since we can't replace the rudder (another long story), leak (occasioned by the major pitting present chewing up packing material) remediation at the packing gland for the rudder post is under way and options being considered for that as well. "What can I say? It's a boat!" is a mantra among cruisers facing the same or like challenges... So, that's what's up with Flying Pig. All the intervening time (we're closing in on a year in this filthy yard) has had unexpected benefits, allowing us to be here for significant family events, a good thing, silver-lining/lemonade-from-lemons-wise, but we're definitely ready to get back on the water. There are lots more pictures I've not uploaded, of the projects which have either been completed since the last uploading session (only done during extended visits to Lydia's mother, staying at a high-school friends' home while she patiently waits for us to finish, where there's broadband), or new ones which have arisen; I'll come back with reports on that when they're up. Suffice to say, some of them are pretty scary if you know what you're looking at! L8R Skip and Crew -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Etienne Griellet |
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On 23/02/2012 9:28 AM, Flying Pig wrote:
Greetings, O moribund newsgroup :{)) [snipped] L8R Skip and Crew Hi Skip and Lydia, We're stuck too, in Ft Lauderdale. However, we are making great progress - solar panels got hooked up an hour ago and they are pouring out power!! Installed a new battery monitor too (Victron) so we can see what's happening at the same time. Our Hydrovane is sitting in the cockpit in 6 boxes of varying sizes waiting to be assembled. The other stuff we need is just stuff we will buy - needs no working. It's my birthday next week (I get one this year being a leap year) and we are off to Arlo Guthrie tomorrow night to celebrate. Keep at it! |
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:28:58 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote: So, that's what's up with Flying Pig. All the intervening time (we're closing in on a year in this filthy yard) has had unexpected benefits === I give you guys credit for adapting a lot better to living in a boatyard than I would. I'm sure we're all looking forward to hearing more about your adventures afloat however. Why Hati? Frankly I think you'd enjoy the DR more. The DR is a poor country also but it is vastly wealthy and civilized compared to Hati. |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... I give you guys credit for adapting a lot better to living in a boatyard than I would. I'm sure we're all looking forward to hearing more about your adventures afloat however. Why Hati? Frankly I think you'd enjoy the DR more. The DR is a poor country also but it is vastly wealthy and civilized compared to Hati. Hi, Wayne, and list, Haiti because of several factors. Ile a Vache, actually, is a world apart from mainland Haiti. From what I understand, its infrastructure is on a par with Ragged Island, which is to say there is very little. However, there's an orphanage there, and we're told that one doesn't check in, just come into the harbor, take a mooring, get acquainted with at least one Haitian who will go with you any time you leave the shore area, and generally, once that's done, you'll make friends at the same pace or better as in the small Bahamian islands. Without even mentioning it, somehow, the conversation came around to Haiti on 3 different occasions when we were up north visiting family. The result in each case was to have stuff - in one instance, a LOT - given to us to take to the orphanage, without our asking. So, we have sort of made it our mission - part of our "giving back" - to do that. We've also been looking forward to the isolation and very protected harbor as a potential hurricane hole... We've talked to (small world!) several people in this yard who have been there, or are departing for there as I type, from here. So, we're looking forward to it - but at this point, we have no idea when we'll actually get to go! When we're done there, we WILL go to the DR, and beyond. L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Etienne Griellet |
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:18:30 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote: Without even mentioning it, somehow, the conversation came around to Haiti on 3 different occasions when we were up north visiting family. The result in each case was to have stuff - in one instance, a LOT - given to us to take to the orphanage, without our asking. So, we have sort of made it our mission - part of our "giving back" - to do that. We've also been looking forward to the isolation and very protected harbor as a potential hurricane hole... === I think you'll find it quite different from the Ragged Islands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HCHoEYMsUac |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... === I think you'll find it quite different from the Ragged Islands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HCHoEYMsUac Hi, Wayne, You're quite right. Shows what hearsay evidence is worth, as I'd been told that there was virtually no infrastructure there - municipal water, electricity, internet, etc. Either that's not so or the resorts which seem to be frequent in that and other vids I hunted up make it all themselves! Still looking forward to going :{)) L8R Skip, scuffing the skims we put over all the pinholes we could find yesterday, so the barrier coat will stick... -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Etienne Griellet |
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