11/18/17

11/18/17

A quick update – the deck on the port side is “done”.  Done is in quotation marks because the new grooves are sealed with caulk.  We still have to sand the excess caulk off but that must cure for a week before sanding.  We’ll have to work on that in Florida.  But that means the project is pretty much done!

The rest of the deck on port is caulked.

Even after washing my hands the caulk remains.  I call it "deckhand".

 And it’s getting cold here in North Carolina!  Another night in the 30s tonight.  Donna and Jerry loaned us an electric cube heater to take the chill off.  How lucky we are to have friends who have made this project possible.  We realize that our solar power nor our inverter would  be able to keep up with the electrical demands of the router, sander, and vacuum all day.  This week we worked like mad to finish.  As they work on their projects Donna and Jerry would announce “lunch time” or “come on up for dinner” just as I went below to figure out what we would eat after a long day working.  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  We are looking forward to spending more time with them when we’re not working on a huge project as we both head to the Bahamas this winter.

Our plans are to head to Beaufort on Sunday and then south.  We’ll see how far we make it with decent wind.  Decent means most any wind direction with no south in it.  You should be able to keep track on of us with the SPOT (link on top right hand corner of persephonesail.blogspot.com page.)  It looks like we'll have to do some "hops" in and out along the coast to avoid those southerly winds.

I was able to put 6 coats of varnish on the table before we had to put it together and in place.

Persephone and Bluejacket at the dock  - making preparations to leave.

And on the few days it rained we found other things to do.  One was retrieving a free golf cart for cousins Dick and Georgette.  It took a bit of work to get it back into shape but now Dick has wheels to drive around the golf course (bordering their back yard) and the neighborhood.

Dick and Georgette in Dick's new wheels.

The spot for the golf clubs in the back of the cart.

 Keep us posted as to what's happening with you and your family.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Karen & Jerry