Ready For Water Again

Wrinkles ready to sail again.

Wrinkles' spa time is coming to an end. We put on one more layer of CPP Ablative bottom paint and waxed the starboard topsides today. Those are the last two projects on our list for the work yard. Of course we have a few other projects in mind, but those can all be done while we are at anchor. Wrinkles is scheduled for launching on Tuesday.

 

When Wrinkles came out of the water she needed;

• Bottom paint
• Gold accent stripe replaced
• Green bootstripe replaced
• Hull rubbed out and waxed
• All the teak either coated with gloss or completely sanded down and refinished
• Interior cushions recovered
• Backup anchor roller remounted
• Dinghy leak patched
• Stainless steel rubrail cleaned and reinstalled with new screws
• Weed shoe reattached to the rudder
• Fill deck stress cracks

Several small items filled in our free time which made our time here fly by. We have met lots of new sailors and gotten reacquainted with some old friends. Having a boat on the hard can be hard work, but with the right attitude it can also be a bit of fun.

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Happy Halloween!

Cruisers in a boat yard are a hard working bunch. We are quickly finding out they also know how to have fun. It all started last week as an innocent conversation between a couple of people, "We should have a Halloween party here in the Hut." That was all it took. A little bit later our local artist came back with a beautifully decorated poster announcing the event. Everyone worked hard on their boats the next day, and some looked like they already had their costumes on. It was funny to see the blue Smurfs walking around after having sanded their blue bottom paint. But at 5:30 sharp people arrived at the Hut all dressed in their creative costumes.

There were a couple of snorklers, a red nun and green can, Tutu Tuesday, two Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeers (this was Halloween, right?), a clown and us as pirates. Everyone brought a dish to pass and we ate well. There was fried sweet plantains with shrimp dip, a beautiful cheese ball, homemade chili, taco salad, cream cheese and meat roll ups and rum punch. Once we were full, out came the dice. We played Pirate's Dice, which was a new one for us. It involves a lot of bluffing and "arrrrghing" In the end, the newbie Brenda was the winner.

 

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Happy Halloween!

Cruisers in a boat yard are a hard working bunch. We are quickly finding out they also know how to have fun. It all started last week as a innocent conversation between a couple of people, "We should have a Halloween party here in the Hut." That was all it took. A little bit later our local artist came back with a beautifully decorated poster announcing the event. Everyone worked hard on their boats the next day, and some looked like they already had their costumes on. It was funny to see the blue Smurfs walking around after having sanded their blue bottom paint. But at 5:30 sharp people arrived at the Hut all dressed in their creative costumes.

There were a couple of snorklers, a red nun and green can, Tutu Tuesday, two Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeers (this was Halloween, right?) and us as pirates. Everyone brought a dish to pass and we ate well. There was fried sweet plantains with shrimp dip, a beautiful cheese ball, homemade chili, taco salad, cream cheese and meat roll ups and rum punch. Once we were full, out came the dice. We played Pirate's Dice, which was a new one for us. It involves a lot of bluffing and "arrrrghing" In the end, the newbie Brenda was the winner.

 

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