On Saturday as I entered Calypso's winter cover to resume work on some wet core repairs I exclaimed "What's that smell".
It appears a local otter had defecated on Calypso's deck since my or the co-owner's last visit (3 to 5 days). The feces had dried into a tar like substance that took 30 minutes of soak and cleaning with Simple Green to remove. The boat cover which can act as a green house nicely concentrated the smell. If this keeps up I may lobby for a short open season on otters at Shilshole Bay Marina. Winter project progress continues, now in new epoxy/balsa core phase. For wheel covering I also went with the gray Boatleather covering. The wheel cover has been in place for almost 10 years and holding up well. Calypso has a Sunbrella cover for the wheel and binnacle (including chartplotter display and instrument pods) to reduce weather damage. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tom Buscaglia Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 9:08 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Winter Projects Listers Here an update on our current winter projects. Nothing like what Harry is doing with Mirage, but baby steps... ;) Partial Sole Refinish. After the extended discussions of everything from Varnish to cows, I though I would share the result of our partial sole refinish project. Most of the sole on Alera looked great, except for one section at the bottom of the steps down into the main cabin. Lynn pulled that section and did most of the work, including the selection of the Deft Polyurethane Semi Gloss finish. Lynn has always handled the bright work on Jubilee (our former 72 MK1). And is now started to work her magic on Alera. We did 4 coats and it looks like it will match up with the existing finish perfectly. Images here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8441593815/in/photostream and here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8441592867/in/photostream For my part I am in the process of putting a sweet Boatleather cover, with padding, on the 48" Edson wheel. In cold weather the bare metal would just leach the heat from my fingers, so this will be a welcome upgrade. I rigged a bicycle stand to hold the wheel so I can do it in the house. It is a tedious job, and I'm about 1/2 done so far. I plan on finishing it up during the big game today. Here's how it looks so far - http://www.flickr.com/photos/37365243@N00/8442678780/in/photostream Cheers! Tom B Tom Buscaglia SV Alera C&C 37+/40 Vashon Island WA (206) 463-9200 www.sv-alera.com <http://www.sv-alera.com/>
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