Where did September go?

Fishermen's Village Marina

September has flown by as we wind up our stay in Punta Gorda. People are always asking us what in the world we find to do all day on a little boat. I guess they don't realize our backyard is huge, beautiful and full of things to experience. Our days and weeks have zipped by and all of a sudden it is nearly October. It is time to get Wrinkles back in sailing trim and head back out.

We scheduled our haul out for October 4th at Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage where we will spend roughly 3 weeks working on Wrinkles. Our work list keeps growing, so we will certainly be busy there. Sweat, sore muscles, and band-aids are in our near future.

Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage

Red line shows our route.

 

 

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Mermaid Figurehead Progress

First mermaid figurehead scale model.

Mike just finished a couple of small scale mermaid figureheads in preparation for carving the full size version for Wrinkles. It won't be long now before he starts carving Wrinkle's very own mermaid figurehead.

Second scale size mermaid figurehead.

Mike doesn't plan on adding the tail onto the full-size mermaid. He added it to make this one easily wall mounted. A tail would likely be broken off in strong seas. The first version is pretty close to his original drawing. We'll post some pictures in our " Mike's Carvings" page if you want to see some other angles.

Scale is a little too big, but location is about right.

 

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Ouchy!

Carving by the water.

Mike decided to sit in the shade near the water and work on a mermaid carving. It was a really nice spot to relax and enjoy his project until he decided to see why his foot felt like it was getting sunburned. When he looked down to take off his left Croc shoe it was covered in tiny red ants. He quickly moved and got all the ants off of his foot and shoe, but the damage was already done.

Fire Ant Bites

Welcome to the lovely work of Florida's fire ants. Sometimes even paradise has teeth.

 

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