Unfortunately, not the Flying Pig, but us.

We're on the way to N. GA for various functions around our combined 8 kids
and 10 grandkids, during which time I might even be able to get on a ski
again (see my gallery for what I used to do before I started working on
boats).

However, just before we left, I contorted myself repeatedly in order to
fabricate/drill, then dry fit, and then install, a reinforcement to my dodgy
windlass base. I'll spare you the gory details and the puddles of sweat
left behind, but the pix of the exercise can be found in the anchor section
of the 2011 refit gallery by clicking the link below and following along
until you get to the windlass reinforcement section. I wish I'd taken the
end pics before we retrieved our anchors and chain, which had been laying on
the ground, and therefore spread bits of dirt and grass all over my new
work, but you'll get the idea :{))

We've not put the rudder up, yet, as we still have some remaining bits of
work on the skeg, but as my prior post on the rudder stock indicated, we
slew the pits dragon rather handily, in the end, and my dry fitting of the
rudder, as well, went very nicely.

The number of very satisfying ends to extremely frustrating and
difficult/fiddly issues has been piling up on us of late, giving us great
joy :{))

L8R

Skip and the crew

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SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, not the Flying Pig, but us.

We're on the way to N. GA for various functions around our combined 8
kids and 10 grandkids, during which time I might even be able to get on
a ski again (see my gallery for what I used to do before I started
working on boats).

However, just before we left, I contorted myself repeatedly in order to
fabricate/drill, then dry fit, and then install, a reinforcement to my
dodgy windlass base. I'll spare you the gory details and the puddles of
sweat left behind, but the pix of the exercise can be found in the
anchor section of the 2011 refit gallery by clicking the link below and
following along until you get to the windlass reinforcement section. I
wish I'd taken the end pics before we retrieved our anchors and chain,
which had been laying on the ground, and therefore spread bits of dirt
and grass all over my new work, but you'll get the idea :{))

We've not put the rudder up, yet, as we still have some remaining bits
of work on the skeg, but as my prior post on the rudder stock indicated,
we slew the pits dragon rather handily, in the end, and my dry fitting
of the rudder, as well, went very nicely.

The number of very satisfying ends to extremely frustrating and
difficult/fiddly issues has been piling up on us of late, giving us
great joy :{))


It's admirable, Skippy, that you and your amazingly young and
hot-looking wife can be the recipient of great joy while slaving
away in primitive, almost savage, conditions on project after
project after project. This goes to show that you two must be
"glass half full" people.

Most of us normal, rational and realistic folks would look at your
plight and see it as a "glass half empty" situation and thus
become quite discouraged, especially after having tallied up
all our mega hours of hard work and coming to the shocking
realization that the sum equals four or five times the worth of
the vessel.

Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

It's admirable, Skippy, that you and your amazingly young and
hot-looking wife can be the recipient of great joy while slaving
away in primitive, almost savage, conditions on project after
project after project. This goes to show that you two must be
"glass half full" people.

Most of us normal, rational and realistic folks would look at your
plight and see it as a "glass half empty" situation and thus
become quite discouraged, especially after having tallied up
all our mega hours of hard work and coming to the shocking
realization that the sum equals four or five times the worth of
the vessel.

Wilbur Hubbard

LOL :{))

Sorry for the delayed response - Lydia's computer doesn't do newsgroups, so
this is the first I've seen of it.

We have to say that the number of folks who have stopped by and commented on
our work have been embarrassingly complimentary, along with a fair volume of
"paint that thing and put it in the water!" OTOH, there are those who just
do the compliments and shake their heads and say we should hire ourselves
out :{))

If you counted labor into the boat, you'd be in the same boat, so to speak.

Just like maintaining a house, it's a labor of love.

The good news is that we're thrilled to be where we are (currently at my
youngest, celebrating his birthday today - he's the one who wrote AdBlock -
for Chrome and Safari - far and away the most popular extension for both
browsers) both on land and in the boat work.

The last project we finished up was the reinforcement of the windlass, and
then we headed out of town. When we get back at the end of the month, we'll
finish out the skeg, and start laying on barrier coat (after remounting the
rudder, of course).

L8R, y'all

Skip

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Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
- Dr. Samuel Johnson

Well, we're back...

Skeg repair/improvement is finished other than sanding smooth and blush
removal. Mounting the rudder and painting barrier coat next steps...

L8R

Skip

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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

When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
- Dr. Samuel Johnson

On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 10:16:28 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Well, we're back...

Skeg repair/improvement is finished other than sanding smooth and blush
removal. Mounting the rudder and painting barrier coat next steps...


===

Damn, Skip.

I give you high marks for workmanship and perseverance, not so much
for making good use of time remaining, etc.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...

Damn, Skip.

I give you high marks for workmanship and perseverance, not so much
for making good use of time remaining, etc.

Guilty as charged.

However, you know the Admiral actually runs the ship. When we're HERE, it's
all assholes and elbows or you're in deep doo-doo, because "we've GOT to
finish this boat!!"

However, when one of her kids has an event she wants to go to, or feels
obligated to do (this one was an engagement party), since it's a very long
day's drive, the rest of the kids (and grandkids, the other motivating item
in her life - mine, not so much) get seen, too.

And thus lies the story as to how we've been off the boat nearly as much as
we've been on it, these last, now, nearly 17 months. Of course, all this is
happening at a time when we just happen to be in the US, an anomaly for us.

Admiralty rules, so I play by them. Even if we were finished earlier, we'll
not leave before September 15th, when she gets back from another 8 days,
this time solo, babysitting for her daughter and S-I-L going to a wedding
he's part of.

We've discovered another project: We came back to an impacted freezer, I
discovered today - that would explain the 30/43° temps in the
freezer/reefer, not, as I thought, just due to heat - there's inches of ice
in there, and, as well, something else is wrong because the door has a split
almost the entire length of the leading lower ledge. I'm not looking
forward to doing it but I think I might have to rebuild the door. For sure
I have to figure out some better way to gasket it, as it's never been
perfect, but this is absurd. If that happens, coming up with the small bit
of extruded polystyrene, even if I have to laminate it excessively (small
thicknesses), will be challenging, I'd expect.

I'm expecting (as we'll probably have 15 or more coats of barrier and for
sure 4 of bottom, each of which will require at least a day before doing the
next) that we'll be leaving some time in October, and even that will be
lunar high tide dependent, as the channel hasn't gotten any better since we
got here...

L8R

Skip


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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

When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
- Dr. Samuel Johnson