A QUIET SUNDAY

Pinoy Boat Services
Port Carmen, Cebu
Philippines

A restful day here in the boat yard. There are no workers on Sundays and it's a day I try to catch up on the blog.

For the last few weeks we have been busy with first putting away all the stuff that arrived from the states and then starting to install some of the new items. First was the new lifelines. The old ones had been sent home with Kathy and marked with what the new lengths should be, They were made up at the Newport Beach West Marine store, thankfully they fit just right. Next were lots of little things such as new handles for the freezer and refrigerator lids, grommets to be set in the T-top shade on the stern arch and then getting it laced back in place with some of the new line that came to. I'm still putting off the bigger jobs of getting the AIS [automatic identification system] with it's two antennas and the new navigation station GPS up and running. The AIS will involve drilling new holes for the wiring to pass through the stainless arch and then up through the boats interior to the nav station and then figuring out the connections. The GPS can use an existing antenna but will require a new cutout in the nav station instrument panel and it's wiring. I'm never quite comfortable installing and wiring electronic things therefore I keep finding other projects to do first.

One of the more important items that was shipped was the material to finish our cockpit enclosure. Last week I put up the bolt rope track and the folks from Hyde Sails were here to start work. The first pattern was done and as it was being fitted  Kathy and I were making some changes in how we had first imagined it. The first major one was in the placement of two of the bolt rope track sections, of course these were the two that had been supposedly permanently installed with both 3M adhesive and screws. Yesterday I managed to remove those sections but did cause some damage to the paint that will now have to be repaired. As the enclosure continues to be built we're sure there will be lots more decisions for how the sides will roll up, where the sheets will run to the winches etc. etc.. Tomorrow I'll get the new track pieces up and then it's wait till Thursday when Hyde will be here for the next fitting.

We have yet to start on the removal of the genoa track and cap rail to get those leaks fixed as the carpenter we want is busy on another job. It does look like we may get started on that late this week.

Kathy has been very happy to find two new workers, a brother and sister, for polishing the stainless, washing the outside and cleaning the interior. They're paid 50 FP an hour or just $1.25 US. They both work very hard and the boat is clean and stainless bright. Unfortunately the outside does not stay clean very long as the shipyard next door is constantly sand blasting and we get the dust fallout.

Lots to look forward to this week starting on the AIS and GPS installation and the next fitting of the enclosure along with what ever new comes up.

GRACE AND RAYMUND 

MAKING THE FIRST PATTERN

ONLY A DAY AFTER WASHING
THEN SOME RAIN AND WE
HAVE DIRT!!!!

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