We have just accepted an offer on our house, and passed inspection, so we have to have the boat ready to move onto by the end of September. This is probably a good thing, because we never really had a solid deadline before.
Most of the progress since the last post has been putting new wood on to (hopefully) water-proof the topsides. We capped the sides of the plywood upper decks with epoxied-on old growth fir strips. They will both prevent rot, and provide a flat, even surface for the next piece to be installed on. The next piece is a 2"x3" fir board that will run the entire length of the upper deck, and funnel rain water out and into gutters. The 2x3's looked kind of small when we bought them, but now that they're on the boat they seem gigantic. It feels like we put sidewalk curbs on the sides of Misogi.
We bought most of our fir from a cabinet maker that a person at the wood store had told us about. He had a huge stockpile of old growth fir salvaged from historic houses. He was nice enough to rip the wood we bought to size, and to plane it all smooth.
My dad went down to fisheries supply in Seattle to pick up our new inverter. It is very pretty, and surprisingly, built right here in western Washington. The inverter will tie the entire electrical system together, so hopefully Misogi will have electricity soon.
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| Inverter! |
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| Fir Strips Glued to Deck Edges |
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| Doug Fir... Curbs? |
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| Japanese Plywood pulled out of wall. |
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