I'd love to tell you that the delay in this week's blog is because we are off adventuring but, alas, that is not the case. Still hanging in Cocoa doing projects and the weather has been beautiful so we'll count that as a good week. This week, we have been entertained and somewhat confused by who is making the rules and are they just pulling them out of the "Rules that don't make sense" bag? First, Brevard County, Florida opened the beaches this week. That was exciting news! Caveat....The public parking lots at the beach will remain closed. That worked well. We had rented a car one day this week to run errands and I almost killed at least three people because everyone was just parking on the side of the road by the public parking lot to go walk on the beach. Those, I am sure, would be counted as Covid related deaths. Next caveat, you can go to public parks and the parking is open. Not sure what the difference is? Not even sure who to ask. You can get a haircut in a salon. But only a dry cut. Not a wet cut. But, if you get your hair colored, you can have a wet cut. Seriously? I am just asking that someone make sense. So, in order to save my sanity (what little is left), I move on to our boat projects.
There is a saying in boat world that goes something like "gotta love Taiwanese engineering". Our boat was built in the early 80s in Taiwan and we have never understood this saying. Our boat has amazing wood carvings on all of the doors, beautiful woodwork throughout and has proven to be a durable vessel on rough seas. As of last Sunday, we have a clearer inkling of what that saying means. We had a soft spot in the deck. It is very common in older boats and generally just means that you take up the deck topping to find a sheet of core wood that has gotten wet and needs to be replaced. No big deal. The picture below shows what we found in our deck. Hundreds of little pieces of wood scrap held in with hard resin. What does this mean? This means that we need to remove each little piece of wood in order to replace it with a solid piece of wood. Some pieces were wet, some were not. Therefore, some pieces crumble while others hold strong and true. Sigh. So, now we cut, chisel, sand, repeat. I think we are at least entertaining the neighbors with our colorful language! We won't miss this project once it is done and I will be sure thank the Taiwanese boat builders should we ever venture to Taiwan! I leave you now to go back to my chisel. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and enjoys some of the loosening house arrest as May approaches. Just don't get a wet haircut in the public beach parking lot and you should be fine!
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Candi
4/29/2020 04:22:44 pm
Hi Sally,
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