My boat’s namesake Tesha and her husband Lynn showed up this week to put their time in toward their t-shirts. I’ve been saving the bowsprit steps for them and we got them knocked out in short order. Basically, the anchor rollers on the Redpath 44′ are midway out the bowsprit and there are a pair of steps on either side of the bowsprit, from the bow to the rollers. Amy and I had made a template for the steps last November and I got the mahogony about a month ago. So, Lynn and I cut out the steps, Tesha routed them and Amy, Lynn and I sanded them down. They are ready for varnishing. Yay! Thanks for coming up and helping guys.
So, after last week’s hatch drama, I (Software Engineer) had a talk with Angelo (Mechincal Engineer) and we came up with a little plan to put rest of the molding screws in without breaking them. But first, I spent a few hours with a dremel and a drill taking out the 4 screws I broke last week. Unfortunately, the broken bit will probably have to stay. Hop (Dentist) brought me my 8th piece of molding that I lost, so I was ready to try again today. I got most of the molding on one of the hatches without breaking anymore screws. Yay again!
Yachtsmiths has received the 9,000lbs of lead for the keel!
Didn’t have the best day yesterday. All week I have been grinding the 8 stainless bars for the
skylight hatches. I tapped, countersunk and polished them with Amy this weekend. They looked
great. Got to work last night to put them on the hatches and only 7 were in my truck. Apparently,
the one of them slid out the seam between the tailgate and bed of my pick-up truck. I was
devastated. Amy called up Hop and Liz because I suspected that it happened driving through
their yard, and sure enough they found it. Yay, except my day didn’t get better. Putting on the
trim, I broke 1 bit and 4 screws in the plexiglass and now feel pretty screwed about the whole
hatch thing. Now I got to figure out a way to drill out those screws and bit out and and do
something different. Will take too much time. Again.
Got a good note from Yachtsmiths, they have ordered the mast tubing and all the lead for the
keel!
Amy and I went through the scrap wood pile last week looking for wood we could use for various things. We found some thicker pieces we cut down for 1″x2″ trim for the companionway hatches and another couple of big blocks that we turned into handles. Probably can’t have enough handles.
Finely got the stainless trim for the skylight hatches so I set myself up at work to shape and polish the bars. Will probably work on that a bit this week.
I talked to YachtSmiths midweek, they may start working on my boat again in a week or so, it is so cold in Halifax. They will order the mast tubing soon. I’m also looking into the steering gear, but I’ll probably wait till next month to buy it.
A friend of Amy’s asked if I was frustrated that my project is so far away. The answer is yes, and it is compounded by the slow progress I make during the week since I can’t get in the storage shed after 7pm, and I have no power. Thankfully, Hop and Liz let me use their garage occasionally and I have a decent work space at work.
 
 
 
Didn’t receive the stainless steel molding for the hatchs so my weekend got upturned. Supposed to get them next wednesday. Did get the sails from FareEast Sails last Thursday. Shipped from Hong Kong, they arrived 4 days after I paid in full. Boxes were beatup bad, but the sails were fine. Quality is decent, but I’ll probably have to reinforce some stitching here and there. However, they were a quarter the price for sails made in the states. I can stitch a little for that.
 
