21 Mar 21:
Poor WILLOW had months of dust and pine pollen on her, so we motored up to the beach and she got a fresh water rinse topsides and a salt water rinse on the planks. Then she went on a recon mission to see if we could find any of our debris from Hurricane Sally, to include a bench, a table and pier parts. Nothing spotted.
19 Mar 21:
Our Mustang Super Sally arrived at the new Homeport to take command of the Armada.
CYANE moved outside to stand watch, where she is well trained. She's also ready to roll to her new post on the eastern perimeter, we may leave her rigged on the hard at a local "yacht club."
16 Mar 21:
Our Sunfish CHIP is scheming an air freight trip to the Pacific Northwest, we had a shipping box made from double wall cardboard. Picked the box up and we'll pack CHIP for the trip soon.
15 Mar 21:
There are a few open spots in the Sunfish Shack, in fact this photo is not current as the only Sunfish holding down the fort is WAVE, the boat in the foreground. The other boat PHOENIX made the trek to Tidewater in a UHaul a few days ago. Even the rubber mats left.
24 Feb 21:
CHIP got banged up a little during Hurricane Sally, some chips along the deck edge and one floorboard washed away. We filled in the divots with TotalBoat THIXO thickened epoxy dispensed from a 18:1 High Thrust caulk gun and smoothed it out as best we could with a plastic spreader, hoping to minimize sanding.
24 Feb 21:
We are making tracings of the Carriage House floor art and catboat half breadths, to transfer over to the new Carriage House in Virginia.
24 Feb 21:
There is nothing more salty in trailer sailing than making some trailer chocks. Using Capn Jack's time honored method we made a few extra chocks from scrap 2x4 pressure treated lumber and spare bits of line. We use a 1 inch spade bit to drill out a space to bury the chock line knot underneath, and another smaller hole for the line to pass through, as big or bigger than the line diameter. Then we paint the chocks a visible color so they don't become trip hazards.
