November 18 Tuesday Today I started with the teak in the cockpit. But first I took the masking tape off the hand rails. I then took off the binacal, the shelf that holds the GPS and the teak boards that hold the winch handle holders. I hand sanded the parts first the shelf. It would […]
Monthly Archives: November 2014
November 15 Saturday At the end of the day Friday the yard moved the jack stands so I could paint the bottom where the pads were. Saturday morning I got to work right after the cruisers net at 8 AM on channel 68 on the VHF radio. It didn’t take long to sand and paint […]
Friday November 14 I got up at 6:30AM and the day started off not so good. I ran out of propane, so no early morning coffee. Bummer! I had cereal for breakfast then got organized to paint the bottom. First I masked off the waterline. This required moving a short stand around the boat so […]
Tuesday November 11 Happy Birthday Me It’s getting old, this working on the bottom and the post in mostly about other things. This morning I noticed new scaffolding next to Changes. This was for Uncle Sam to start cleaning up the boat. After cereal for breakfast, Sam showed up and started to clean the deck […]
Sunday Sunday was a no working on the bottom day, read not getting dirty. When sanding the bottom with 80 grit sand paper the red dust fills the air. A respirator is a must and your arms and clothing get covered with the red dust from the red old bottom paint. I use mechanic gloves […]
Friday, Nov 7, 2014 I woke up to a nice cool morning. Temp in low 80s. I was hungry so it was off to Zanzabar the local restaurant here at Peakes. I had eggs over easy and pancakes. The eggs were overdone as usual. It seem not many cooks know how to do over easy. […]
Wed, November 5, 2014 I arrived in Trinidad yesterday at 9PM, made it through Customs without any problem and was picked up by Mike Corbett at the airport. He then took me to Jean and Mike’s boat SV Tomorrow’s Dawn to stay for the night. This was very much appreciate and very generous of them […]
Saturday, June 21, 2014 We arrived home Tuesday morning with Kathleen, Phil’s sister picking us up at the airport. It was good to see her, and we enjoyed catching up with her and Virginia, Phil’s other sister whom we will live with this summer. Here is photo of the three of them looking at pictures […]
November 1, 2014 Phil leaves Wednesday, Nov 5 to fly to Trinidad. Mike and Jean from SV Tomorrow’s Dawn are kind enough to pick up Phil at the airport and offered him a berth the first night. He plans to get the boat ready and put in the water waiting for me to come, unless […]
November, 1 2014 It has been a sad and happy time in Ohio this summer while Changes has been stored in Trinidad. Of course Katie dying was a shocker and the worst thing that has happened in a very long time. On the good side I got to spend three weeks in California with my […]
Travels with the Dolsens 