[Rhodes22-list] Anybody out there?

[Kathy Barron]

Mary Lou,

What varnish -like product do you use in the cockpit? What do you use on the interior wood? I think Puffin could use some attention this year and would give me a reason to putter around on the boat. I'll check archive too, I remember a discussion about all of this, I think:)

Kathy


---- Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote: 
> Good question!
> 
> Fretless is now in the side yard awaiting the completion of several tasks.
> 
> Boatyard did the bottom paint a couple of weeks ago but then we took 
> off for a long weekend visiting kids in NC followed by a week of 
> catching on office work.
> 
> Yesterday ordered a new Davis Mega Light for the masthead. The cover 
> for the old one (which was old) disappeared over the winter so we 
> decided just to replace the whole unit. It hadn't been working 
> reliably but Fred traced that problem to the connector.
> 
> Also ordered twist fasteners for our new poptop enclosure. Our old 
> one was getting really ratty and we were really impressed by the new 
> ones Stan had at Annapolis so we bit the bullet and bought that over 
> the winter. Decided to try the twist fasteners because we use it so 
> much and some of the damage to the old one was from snaps pulling 
> through the cloth. They were expensive but we ordered them from 
> Sailrite which had them for less than half of everyone else. We'll 
> report on them after a season of use.
> 
> Next task, while we are waiting for those parts to come in is install 
> the new main (with vertical batten) that we also ordered from Stan 
> over the winter. I printed out all the instructions from the list 
> that I saved over the years and we'll see if we can figure it out. 
> Just waiting for a warmer day with less wind for that.
> 
> Also want to get a new coat of varnish (actually varnish-like 
> product) on our 6 pieces of wood in the cockpit and maybe a couple of 
> coats of real varnish on the tiller. Also want to restain the sides 
> and sill of the companionway and clean up our wood interior.
> 
> Once we get the sail and masthead light done she can go in the water 
> though it would be nice to get the varnishing done while the boat is home.
> 
> My guess is we'll be ready to go in the water next weekend or the 
> week thereafter if the weather improves some - it's 47 out there 
> right now and gusting to 15 but the afternoon is taken up with other 
> responsibilities. Not complaining - yet - at least the snow and rain 
> are gone and the ground is finally drying out.
> 
> Looking forward to a season of sailing.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:30 AM 4/18/2010, you wrote:
> >Some of you might be sailing, but not all?  Why so quiet?
> >
> >
> >
> >Jim Connolly
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