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Adieu, sunshine!

10/10/2013

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Gabrielle tearing out the last rotting section of the cockpit well. Yea!
With the last really summery days of September upon us, Gabrielle and I made a concerted effort to get the remaining bit of old deck off Moontide, and the new deck on. It turned out to be a more complex and laborious project than we (as usual) expected.

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Building frames for a new design in the wheel well required head-aching math, contortions that people our age are loathe to do, and a good deal of trial and error to get a result with which we could live. 
But, as things were just beginning to fall into place, the first storms of Autumn came early... and with a vengeance, on the last days of September!

PictureGabs and Moonie, ready for what the weather has to throw at us.
We stopped building on the boat, and devoted the next several days to creating our latest version of the Moontide "Conestoga."
Not only does it keep the rain out, it gives us room to keep working out of the elements on the deck.
By the first week in October, the rains had subsided , giving us moments of fair skies. We could crawl out of the tarp, run and cut a piece of wood on the table saw up in the parking lot, then run back down to the boat before the sky dropped another deluge on us.

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Now, as mid October approaches, we can once again look through our main hatch, and see the general shape of a cockpit on Moontide's aft deck.
We still have filling, and grinding, and sanding, and epoxying, and fiberglassing, and more sanding and stuff to do, but we also have th satisfaction of knowing all our rotten wood is off the boat, and she is regaining her shape and beauty.
We'll share more as it happens.
Fair winds,
M&G

2 Comments
Chris
10/11/2013 05:52:55 am

Good on ya for both of you!!! Pretty soon you might just head south or some such!!! Take care and have an excellent winter.

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Sharon
11/2/2013 07:06:50 am

Looks like you are on top of things, and much-practiced in the Seasons of OR. Glad all the rot is gone. Good Winter to ye.

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