Track and Liner

 Cap'n Carey finally had time to set the track on the starboard side, we went to Vallejo and picked it up at West Marine last month. He ordered the screws a couple of weeks ago, and he finally had time to put the track on. You can't really tell but some of the bolts are 6" long. He had to screw them all in by hand, no power tools for this job. Last weekend he poured epoxy down the old holes to seal them, then drilled the new holes to match the new black track. The access holes in the headliner are pretty much spot on. If anything happens we have access to all the bolts, all the way from the aft cabin, head, and through the galley.  It was pretty hard to bend the straight track to the bow of the cap rail. It looks fabulous. I can't wait to go out and test it.

  Now that the track is on we could finally put the headliner in the galley, and finish putting the nuts and washers on the track bolts from the head, and galley. And now the head is completely done, signed sealed and delivered. We have the galley about 80% done. The stove is completely in, and the liner is in, the only thing we have to do really is put the lights up, and put the shelving back in and seal the sink. We have to put the covers on the chainplates, and get the plugs wired in. But other than that I believe we are just about done with the galley.
  There is still alot of work to do in order to leave for Mexico. But the Cap'n and I are chugging along on the 'never ending' list. Every time you get one thing done, you end up adding about 4 more things. The good part is that now that the head and galley is almost done, we can head up top to get all the rigging rigged, and get our girl out sailing.
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Roll Cage & Blinds

   The dredging isn’t dredging. I guess the marina has to have a permit to dredge, and apparently there is a snag in the permit office, or something like that. But none the less, our slip sits empty, Our internet is so far away, we can barley get on line for any amount of time.

   We haven’t put everything on hold though. The Cap’n has been super busy getting his new BBQ installed, and practicing on it every chance he gets. He also ordered our cockpit frame, aka ‘Roll Cage’, from Iversons Designs. Including all the hardware, all the different ends, the tube lengths, and the bolts etc. to put it together. He also got an extra pipe to mount/brace the BBQ, in anticipation of heavy waves etc.

It took him a few hours to put the whole thing together, they make the poles long on purpose, so that you can cut them to your specific length, and angle. The Cap'n did an awesome job on the frame. He spent the whole time chatting about the different canvas work we are going to do. I think he is excited to get these steps done, the more that gets done, the faster we set sail. It all turned out, and fit together perfectly, just like he planned it, Mr.Overthinker. He has thought about this configuration over, and over, and talked about it every chance he had. I don't have that ability, the ability to think about one thing for long periods of time.

  The frame is very sturdy, and will be a terrific handle while on rough seas. The back bar is a double bar, so the canvas can be up while cruising, and still have a grab bar, Both sides also have handles, that will be on the outside of the canvas. The canvas will connect to the hard top that we have, and all of it will be a perfect fit together. We have put alot of thought into this part too, I can't wait to see it all done, it is going to be awesome too.
We also ordered our window shades, fromClo~Zures. We made & cut out templates of the bigger windows. The smaller portholes are standard size portholes, from Newfound Metals, of Port Townsend, Wa. When we got the blinds, and I put them up right away. They fit great and they look great too. The shade they give is wonderful on these warm days, it's perfect, and the privacy is outstanding. They are pretty trick, they slide back and forth, open and close, and if you want you can remove them. They are velcro, and the nobbies are clear, so when you remove them you don't have colored dots on your window. If we had it to do over again we would not let them talk is into trimming down an extra 1/16th of an inch smaller than the window. I would much rather trim them myself, so they go right to the edge. We are very happy with them none the less.

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