It looks SO good - especially if we follow our 10 foot rule (standing no closer than 10 feet). And truthfully it is really pretty good from even 2 feet away :-)
The biggest challenge left is the forward port railing - the front 12 feet of it.
So Steve was talking with Craig on Silent Faith a couple of slips down from us. They are from Stuart (about a 5 hour drive north from here). As it would happen, they are driving back home for a few days tomorrow.
And Craig has a buddy that can weld stainless!!! So they will haul our broken railing, have the guy replace the stainless steel support under the wood railing pieces AND bring it back to us!
Steve can then begin putting the broken teak together and finish fixing the railing. This was plan B - plan A didn't pan out for the place down here to just replace the entire forward 12 feet of railing with stainless. Oh well.
Time to start on replacing the front windshield covers that were blown away.
Sadly it was not an error free job but in the end all was well. A case of measuring once and cutting twice - which always make the job harder :-)
Steve used our new snap tool to press the snaps in. Way better than pounding the snap caps together.
We have borrowed George's snap tool for at least years whenever we needed to put snaps in. And every time I would comment that 'we need one of these' so this year it finally happened.
Found a really nice used on Ebay. It actually looks brand new. No more pounding snaps for Steve :-)
We also found a new control unit for our Malber washer/dryer combo on Ebay. The timing control for it has slowly quit working - one cycle at a time. It was getting to where soon it wouldn't work at all. I'm definitely too spoiled with a machine on board to go back to going to a laundromat!
There was a lady in NY that sold parts for it but apparently she is no longer in business. Plus I tried getting that part from her a few years ago - backordered and no idea when/if any would be coming.
So now we have a whole 'new' control unit for the whole machine!All we need now is some time to swap the new part in.
It wasn't work today as the weather and winds were perfect for dinghy fishing under the 7 mile bridge.
It was just Steve today and great success! He limited out for yellowtail snapper and had two nice mangrove snapper as well.
There was a 5 foot shark shadowing his fish throughout the day (not sure what kind) and getting quite a few!
Good thing he didn't fall out of the boat :-)
The excitement at docktails the other night was a tow boat US bringing in a sailboat with a side tow. It must have had a pretty deep keel (over 5 feet) as it was stuck for a bit just outside the markers.
A second try and it was in!
After seeing it in the dock, it appeared to have some "hurricane damage" along the sides. Haven't seen anyone on it since then .....
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