Scattered Thoughts . . .

View from the deck... Today has been a very long, tiring but great day!  I'm exhausted now so I am going to keep this as short as possible so I can get to bed before my eyes just shut on their own. We made it to the house with no problems.  Unpacking and getting settled in happened very quickly...  especially when compared to how much time and effort that went into packing everything up and loading the cars! We were greeted with a nice little sign in the parking area when we arrived simply stating, "Welcome Maher Family".  The house was exceptionally clean and included some nice upgrades since we were here last. Adam was quick to get the boats off the roof of the cars and ready for the water.  Not long after we finished settling in, Adam was heading out on the sailboat.  It was a really nice day for sailing...  nice stiff breeze and, at times, quite gusty.  I hope to get out on the water tomorrow.  In the meantime, Adam seemed to enjoy himself out on the water

Two of the three hull problems...  the aft end of the cockpit, starboard side... First, let's take a look at the hull before I did the gelcoat repairs. This first photo shows the hull damage on the aft, starboard side of the cockpit. This photo was shot after I ground out all the loose gelcoat.  At this point, the hull was ready for some new gelcoat in these damaged areas... The weather cleared up enough later in the day yesterday for me to try my hand at these fiberglass hull repairs.  I made a few beginner mistakes but have learned from these mistakes and I'm now ready to tackle more repairs before next season.  I am probably the only one who will notice the mistakes I made so I will let the problems sit until I tackle more hullwork projects next season.  The sailboat is good to go for this season! The repaired hull...  the damaged areas were all along this side of the cockpit...  note the waterproof camera mounted on the rudder... The mistakes I made were defi