Woo hoo! Post number 100! Not sure exactly why we should celebrate that but what the heck who cares! Sailors, in general, never need an excuse to celebrate.
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We're wrapping up the trailer overhaul at the dockyard, having gone over axles, springs, brakes, lights and wiring, hitches, rollers, mats, skids... you get the idea. The last trailer overhauled is wrapping up today with the adjustment of the rollers and skids to fit the boat. It is such a relief to wrap this up - it's been a long week and a half - and know that our trailers are all in tip top condition all around.
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Wood chips are still flying in the framing bay. The keelson of the launch is being shaped for rabbets and bevels, and frames are being laminated. Work has slowed appreciably in the heat of the summer, when even the stoutest among us are exhausted after only a few hours in the shop. The intent here is that by the time cooler fall weather rolls around, we can roll right into the work of planking and flip her before the end of December.
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It is funny, I think, that by the time February rolls around, we'll be talking about her sails - exactly the same place we were with the monomoy last February. I am a huge proponent of cyclic progression and rythmic advancement, and it is interesting to think of this thing as taking such a pace natrually. April through December represent operation and light maintenance, while January through March represent hard-core maintenance and new construction.
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