Sneakbox Saved

Looks like Bob & John were out sailing the Munson sneakbox. Looks great!

Norm Blanchard Regatta

Pete & I sailed in the Norm Blanchard Memorial Regatta. We sailed DEWEY, a 12' Woods Hole spritsail catboat from the Center for Wooden Boats livery service. Perfect Breeze, three 2nd's and a 3rd. Not bad for a couple of 'duffers' on their first try. Great folks out here, but the float planes are un-nerving, taking off and landing amidst the frivolity.

Seattle

Sailed a sprit rigged catboat at the Center for Wooden Boats.

Before I left ISM on tues last, rigged the Munson sneakboxm. Sail on tracks and hoops. She's ready to go.

2 FWD 1 BACK

Cut and whipped rigging for the Munson sneakbox. Peak, throat, & sheet. Spliced on the centerboard pennant.
Made a jig to drill plug for the leak over the starboard bunk on Silent Maid.

Sneak box restoration album by John Brady

Turns out her real name is nor 2Fwd 1 Back

Silent Maid Cruise

Good Night Lady

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Floorboards

Worked on the Munson sneakbox today.
Put in some cleats on the floorboards, attached two filler blocks under the floorboards, bolted on the deck blocks, and was about to attach the toggles to hold down the bailing board when five o'clock rolled around and disrupted the pleasant activities. I am over at my shop now sanding the Core Sound SPARTINA. Check out the color on sailorgirl.

Mowed

Paid my rent today. Worked on thesis.

Sanded

Sanded (last spots I hope.) It's cooler now and I got some slow hardener. I am hoping for a smoother finish and less orange peel texture.

Middleton Cup

A floater. Gentle puffs eased us along. LIGHTNING brought a large number of squeakers along who serenaded the rest of the fleet. John, John, John, Carolyn, Chuck, and I sailed TORCH. WASP, LOTUS, SPY, SPYDER, MARY ANN, GHOST, TAMWOCK, VAPOR, and best of all, SILENT MAID were out sailing. All rounded the marks serenely and then were unceremoniously towed home as the sun sank and the breeze died.

New ePoxy

Picked up new epoxy today at MAS. I am trying some tests with different harneders to see how they run. Sanded the whole hull again, searching for that mirror surface did some last minute fills. Tomorrow is the Middleton cup race est.1921 at Seaside Park Yacht club. Home of SPYDER.

Centerboard Case

Glassed both sides of the centerboard case. Paint came today and trailer parts from Jamestown Distributers.

Epoxy

Ordered more epoxy today from MAS. Am going to try using the low viscosity version to get a nice finish ready to prime for the hull. I have given the carbon two coats so far but the flag with medium hardener sets up before it has a chance to level out. This leaves a slightly orange peel texture which needs to be sanded down.

Vacuum

A great idea and nice product. I bought a porter cable 10 gallon vacuum that goes on when you turn the sander on. I had just cleaned the shop to get the dust level down and this little beauty has let me keep it pretty clean. I have been sanding the boat each day and giving it a coat of epoxy at night. The dust bunnies have been vanquished, but I did get one bug encased in last night.

Cleaning

I ordered a porter Cable tool-on vac to keep the sanding dust down. Spent the morning cleaning the shop as painting is on the horizon.

Pennant

Charles & I worked on completing the Munson sneakbox today. I made a pennant for the centerboard, plates for the CB pin, reset the floorboards and made a pair of toggle hold-downs for the bailing floorboards.

Transom Two

Sanded, put another coat of epoxy on. Still waiting to hear when I have actually graduated.

Transom

Glassed the transom tonite. The wood grain wa too nice to cover with carbon fiber. Turned in my thesis last week. Waiting for corrections. The presentation went well. I talked about spartina and SPARTINA.

Down Bay Regatta

August 16, Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club.
Sailed TORCH with John, Andy, Christian, Phil, John, & Charles. Races were over too quickly. I'd like to sailA-cats all the time. The E scows were fast. The lightings are classic. A-cats are just plain gorgeous.

Simple Sailing

http://sailingsimplicity.com/
found this weblog about another gal who loves sailing. It was a link from Tom Armstrongs blog here

Trailer

Fixed up a derelict trailer. Lights, tires, and wheels work now, have to fit bunks for boat.
Pete and Dad helped me put the lights on a crossbar so we won't dunk them in salt water when I launch the boat. My other trailer seems to loose the lights every time I launch. Do other people have the same problem?