Reconstruction and Flying Sailboats

           Misogi has been slowly going back together. Randy has put all of the frames, decking, and a plank back in the rotten corner of my parents' bedroom; and frames have been cleaned, scraped and CPES'd. One of my projects, which I'm quite proud of, was putting a dutchman in one of the frames. A dutchman is a little (or sometimes large) chunk of wood that is glued into a hole in a larger piece of wood where damaged material has been removed. The spot where I put my dutchman is the frame on the port side where the boarding door attaches to. The screws for the door's hinge had left so many holes in the wood that the top of the frame had to be removed, so I cut away the damaged wood with a dremel and soaked it in epoxy. Next, I cut out the dutchman. This took several hours of trial and error because the piece had to fit precisely and my wood-cutting skills leave something to be desired. Eventually, the piece was cut and my dad and I brushed it with thickened epoxy and glued it into it's hole. Hopefully, It will be just as strong as the original frame. 

         Anther project tackled today was hauling out Mariah. She hasn't had her bottom painted in a few years, so it was definitely time. Unfortunately, the haul-out wasn't as straight forward as I thought it was going to be. I had to get the genoa off of the roller furler (the yard won't haul with the sail attached), and that took a good 30 minutes of trying to untie ancient knots and plenty of cursing. When Mariah was finally ready to go, we found out that her cantankerous little diesel was barely strong enough to push the boat into the 20 knt headwind. I had the engine at it's maximum safe RPM's, and we were still making only about half a knt of headway against the wind. It took us much longer to get to the lift than I had expected. Luckily, the actual lifting bit went off without a hitch and Mariah is now safely on the hard. 

My Dutchman

Randy's Rebuilt Corner

Flying Mariah!