All Done!

The Hull is Painted!

This is definitely a banner day. Today, we rolled on the second coat of topside paint. She's quite white now. Not perfect, but plenty good for our needs.

Just finished. . . . masking tape still on. . . .

Tape off. . . . all done. . . .

The paint should be left to cure for about a week.

Our next task is to get the old girl back on her keel again. In the near future, we'll be reassembling the 'turning cradle' around her.

Stay Tuned . . . . . .

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Wooden Boat

On our morning walk Saturday, we saw this magnificent wooden sailboat leaving Tunnel Bay Harbour.

I don't know anything about the boat, but I can guess.

• I guess she was built before 1969, which makes her at least 50 and maybe much older.

• I guess, by her fine condition, that she has been restored.

• I guess, by her beauty and her brand new sails, that she is well loved.

• I guess, by the tiny outboard, that she's an easily driven hull.

• I don't have to guess that she sails well, Donna and I saw her go.

• I could not guess at the enormity of the task of keeping a wooden sailboat 'ship-shape'.

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Marylin May in the Slings

Keith and Vicki had their boat hauled out today. She's a Vancouver 25, a wonderful cruising sailboat, and she's just gorgeous. Nice to have friends keeping their boat at Iroquois. We'll be seeing them around the boatyard.

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