Lazy day and Party

For some reason it was decided that we turn to was at 9 today, no complaining. We spent the better part of the morning getting the boat in a better position to the dock, doubling dock lines, adding chafe gear and setting up the brow.

For the rest of the day Kat and I worked on sanding the capstan all over again, there were still little marks from the electric sanders. It’s a presentation piece, has to be as perfect as we can get it.

Katie and Grant were painting the hull; Brooke had taken people for a food run and to pick up Caleb. He came down to pick up his truck and I guess do some other things, don’t know how long he’s staying. Some people from the Lynx also went in to get things because we are had a dinner tonight.

When the Lynx came back from their day sail they didn’t dock because the dock is not set up well for them. They went to dock at sailfish again, but later still came over. It was a crazy night with lots of food.

We also got a new volunteer, Chris Frank.

Yacht Club Shindig

Turn to was at 6 this morning, took off the anchor lines, moved the brow, took off dock lines, it’s an easier processes now that we all know what we are doing. Headed over for sailfish marina as the Lynx was moving, we were trading spaces. We also got clean crew shirts this morning, they don’t have any printing, but at least they are solid green and clean.

Docked at sailfish and had capstan meeting. Robin had a few things to comment on, one that Claudia was not disgusted by the heads and could actually use them, and apparently in the past they were really bad. Helps to have a crew of mostly girls these days that know how to clean and keep it that way. He was also proud in general about how the boat looked and told us that he noticed out respect for her.

From there we were stood down until our assigned tour giving time. There were people from the museum giving tours as well, but we expect a lot more because about 300 people from the yacht club rsvp-ed. We also got to eat lunch there, there were far to many options and us always being hungry and always eating everything, ate a lot. Grant even had two plates of food, nuts.

Going back to peanut island on the other hand was a bit more annoying. Trident marine had come to straighten the dolphin we had crashed into, but were not done yet by the time we got over. Robin just had us go around in a few circles and back and forth while we waited.

By the time we were done docking it was dark out.

Sewing and Prep to leave

It started to rain right as we all came up for capstan so we just went straight to doing more fixing on the sail. Some parts of the bolt rope are tricky to reattach because there is too much rope or too much sail so you have to do some squishing and easing.

In the afternoon we prepped to leave, heading over to sailfish marina tomorrow for a shindig. We moved the cannons, knocked down some bungs, moved all the boxes and steps back aboard and put the helm back together. The helm drum now has 11 turns around it that could be tightened some more, but at least has a proper whipping at midships.

I’m really tired because last night I got hardly any sleep with the dolphin rubbing against the whale board all night.

Mini Projects and the Lynx

Long and very eventful day. Besides having the do I was in the engine room a lot today, not what I expect, but really glad that I’m not stuck in there all the time now. In the engine room I painted a red wire black, cleaned up some tools, changed out the oil sucker upper pads and cleaned some buckets.

The things that got done to day, knocked down some bungs, moved the cannons all to starboard side, made some charges and had a cannon loading lesson. The deck box started to get fixed, more bungs were put in, things were tarred and painted. Another coat of oil went on the helm and sails were busted up to look neater.

We knew the Lynx was getting in around three so we were all prepared for that. I was down in bosuns when I heard Brooke over the intercom “all hands to the guns.” Grabbed my camera and ran up on deck. We were all running around looking at Lynx as she came in and then got a little more crazy when we started to prep the cannons. Worm, wash, load, home, prick, prime, ready to fire. It was a lot of fun firing at them and them returning fire as well.

After our little action we ran over to their dock to catch their dock lines, but the Lynx couldn’t dock because the wind was pushing them off the dock and there was just no way they could dock. It was decided that they were just going to anchor out and eventually ended up docking at the sailfish marina, right where we need to be tomorrow.

We finished up for the day, cleaned up and placed the last bungs. At the museum they were having a little party for the Lynx yet none of them were there because they were still trying to dock, so we all got food and had dinner there instead. I was on duty so went back to the boat for awhile to do duty things, eventually Katie came and got me and told me I had to be social. It was nice to meet the crew of the Lynx and talk to them for awhile.

Lynx coming in.

Lynx's topsail set.

Brooke prepping the cannon.

Katie and Kat prepping their cannon.

Brooke and Grant priming.

Josh lighting the cannon.

Kat and Grant priming the cannon.

Grant loading a charge.

Sveta and Brooke watching Lynx.

They Lynx preparing to dock.

Mark checking the depth and the type of bottom.

Mark and Peter in their small boats.

The Small Things

The half round was finally finished today! There is no more stupid caulking or drilling to be done on it, Grant and I finished it this morning.

Then I went on to doing some touch up paint on the starboard forward hatch while Grant touched up some paint on the bowsprit cheeks. Later I helped Sveta finish oiling some do-hickie on the helm and cleaned out the deck box to be fixed and re-organized, but that didn’t happen. Kat tarred some dead eyes. Katie was in the engine room cleaning more of the bilge and Brooke started some deck fixing.

Brooke went off to give Josh a ride to the store and exchange batteries.

Grant, Kat and Sveta went aloft to take down the fore topgallant so we could mend the bold rope. Katie and I did some deck fixing so that we could still cast lines if they needed them and it started raining. After we got the sail down we started to do some mending on it, lots of fun, I’m fast at it.

Bob also came by for awhile.

Fore topgallant about to be lowered.

Topgallant sail on tween deck.

Grant gasketing sail gear.

More the same

Grant and I added another layer of oil to the helm drum and then were off to play with the half round. Took a piece off, did the standard scrape and caulk and put it back on. The last piece was already off, had to jig saw out a section, file and sand it and then we tested to see if it would fit. As we were picking it up to test it, it was thin in one spot and it snapped a bit, so we just broke it off the rest of the way, two pieces is much easier. We put a bit of paint on the raw wood so we can’t put it back on till tomorrow.

Katie was down in the engine room most of the day dealing with the oil in the bilges and re wiring the generators.

Brooke and Kat rust busted the rudder and then put a coat of primer on it.

Sveta was around as usual doing different things but mainly still working on that seam of hers.

We also re-furled the foretopsail because we had done it pretty crummy while out sailing the other day. I felt good doing it, not scared at all and this time I knew more of what to do, really proud of us.

Lastly Grant and I put another layer of oil on the helm drum.

Three layers of oil, beautiful!

Rudder gear with primer.

Half round.

Engine room bilges.

Shopping, movie, dessert

I really enjoy having clean clothes and a clean body, so I did laundry and took a shower today. That’s using a lot of water, but hey some days I don’t shower, evens out in the long run.

So I got to take a shower this morning but Brooke’s was rudely interrupted, it cut off mid shower so she had to rinse the soap off from a bowl, poor Brooke.

Peter, Katie, Grant, Brooke and I hung out today. First we went to Paris for more tasty lunch, then Brooke wanted a new nose ring and Katie new plugs for her ears. Had to take Peter back to the marina so he could go see the oil that was leaking in the engine room and into the bilges.

Headed to Ross where I got some shorts and pants. Wandered around a mall and we all got bags of candy and then ate it during Sherlock Holms. I was smart and didn’t eat my whole bag, they all had stomach aches.

Brooke mailed some papers, picked up Peter who had gotten some things to deal with the oil and we all went back to the ship. Ate dinner and then later all went back out for some dessert because Peter really wanted to go out again. Went to a place across from the Paris café and got gelato. Met up with Sveta and a friend of hers, got some pizza and then headed back for the night.