Fitting out Fiddler
The boat is currently sitting in the paint shed, drying. The paint shed is a large building lined in lights and fitted with a killer ventilation and filter system to allow whole vessels to be painted at one time. The painting was scheduled for earlier, but the shop guys found some water damange on the deck that needed to be taken care of first.
We will now have a light gray non-slip, which I am told will look pretty sharp.The rest of the weekend we will go through our gear in detail, catch up on reading and correspondence and generally kick back.
Monday all of the fittings that were removed to paint will be rebedded, and we should be in the yard by Tuesday to have the masts put on. Most of the MUST DO list is complete, and much of Would Be Nice list, too. I am working on a my provisions list, which is actually an ongoing process. We add things that sound like they might work and take them off when they don't work out.
Somewhere in this whole process we will start stowing gear aboard and figuring out what needs to be done to secure everything for sea.
posted by Fiddler @ 4:52 PM
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Glad you are diligent in your log... it helps me stay in touch when I get to clucking about my Littlebear her Sailing Smith.
Interesting, taking the train, eh? One of my fondest memories was taking the train along the north arm of the Fraser River to my Grandfather's farm in the great valley east of the Vancouver metro area... the farm is long gone, now, as are they, yet I still visit there in my dreams. I will be taking the train for the first time through part of the USA on summer solstice: a day trip on the Southwestern Chief from Santa Fe to Raton, where I will catch the bus up to Colorado Springs so I can go to the festival with Rowan and Denvin.
Today, at 49 degrees, 52 minutes North, 124 degrees 33 minutes West (also found under the thumbtack on the upper eft hand corner of the USA map) the weather is cloudy with a stiff gusting breeze putting a heavy chop on the water. But the big Spring storms have passed, and the seas have turned over, welling up fresh food for the young salmon and the stellar sea lions. Out on the Straight (at least on the Inside waters) no salmon or shrimp fisherman were claimed by Neptune this year (yet) and this is a good thing.
I think I have contacted one or two friends among the flocks of the sea birds... so there is an increased possiblity of a visit with you after the Fiddler is under way.
Oh... and I meant to ask (it will be easier to find you that way)... is the painted paddle aboard?
Until next time, Walk in beauty, J-
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