Depending, Of Course, on the Weather ! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

Down working on ABISHAG, Shelia of the Fiberglass crew was walking her dog. The gist of the conversation was that the boat would be ready in "a week . . .10 days . . . 2 weeks . . . depending on the weather, of course." O well, she will be ready when she is ready, though they did fiberglass the front edge of the keel, needing only to do the bottom of the keel and the rear edge, then fairing, epoxy painting and she will be ready to launch. Huzzah! ! ! !

I repositioned the holes in the holding tank for the new fixtures. It wasn't all that bad, smell wise, that is after I cleaned out the tank by hand. YUK! But hey, now it is is relative clean and sweet smelling. The local sewage treatment plant, cheek-by-jowl with the marina, out smells the tank now.

Fitted the hose to the aft head and the thru-hull. Fitting the hose was momentarily difficult until good friend Skip suggested using a hair drier to heat the hose and make it more flexible so that it would slide on the fittings. Didn't have a hair drier, but I had a paint stripper, which is sort of like a hair drier on steroids. It worked . . . the end justifies the means. Now at least I can use the aft head . . . .so long as I am far enough off the coast. Not good for emergencies but better than nothing.

CAPTAIN'S PERSONAL LOG:

I am getting there, slowly but surely. Tomorrow should see the forward head up and running, so to speak. After that, and Ray installing the old part or the new part if he can't find the new part for the engine, and painting the repairs, she will be launch ready. The mooring is in place and waiting, so it will be cleaning and small projects until the splash.

It is still surprisingly cool by the water even though we are just a month short of the longest day of the year and the start of summer. Go figure!