Good News/Bad News

SHIP'S LOG:

   I got up to see ABISHAG and she looks good though "wounded." I squared away all the schedule for all the spring maintenance issues. I made arrangements to also re-attach the mast head wind instrument, have the radio antenna checked and re-install a new Windex. And that's the good news.

     The bad news is that the "metal-working guy" at the boatyard says that he can't fix the bow pulpit. There is a "kink" in part of the rail, right next to where it is affixed to a stanchion and that there is no way that he can straighten it. I found a possible replacement on EBAY but at the cost of $275. I may have to bite the bullet on it but before I do, i want to see if "surgery" is a possibility. If I can cutout the kinked section, cut off the welded top of the stanchion, put a "T-Connection" on, insert good part of the old section of the rail in the forward part of the "T-Section" and a new rail in the stern part of the "T-Section", and then connect the new rail into another connector that affixes to the remaining part of the rail that was kinked,  then I could get it for less than $100 and the bow pulpit would still be "original" to the boat. In that the kinked section is curved, I am going to have to find someone with a pipe bender butt hat should be relatively "easy."

     The little stainless steel doohickey that someone almost cut through when they were removing the tree has been welded and it looks good.  Friend Fred has dismantled the furler and its various parts so that should be up to speed once he puts it all back together.

     I will be going back up on Sunday and actually get some work done. At the very least, the interior should bet a good cleaning. I also have a little sewing to do on the Bimini. Once that is done, I will try spraying it with FlexSeal and see if I can get another y.ear or two out of it. I am excited!