another thunderstorm coming our way .. it delayed us with putting on the bottom coat for a day
Frean Board was from Montreal, the black haul boat
two of the repairs to the keel, it seems to be an annual thing .. some more fibreglass
and putty
we took off our water line for this year and anti-fouled up another 1 1/2 inches …
for some reason the boats sits kind of low in the water lol
another Canadian Boat, they are actually from Sudbury
the storage boat yard, there must be over 250 boats there, all shapes, sizes and some not in very good condition
there was great laundry facilities at Glades, but you had to drive close to a mile to get there
it was time to put the car away and here she is all nicely secure, little did we know a few days later we would have it out of lock down …
Mike Ashmore and Sharon Ramage took us back to Glades in their pontoon boat, the wind was starting to pick up from the east to north east
this is kind of a silly picture, but right next to the work yard was a herd of cattle grazing .. no gate to keep them out of the yard, just one of those in ground open ribs that they call a cattle gate … we understand that sometimes one is spotted amongst the boats
a recommendation for the prop is to install outboard gear lub, it will keep off the barnacles
launch day
everything went as planned, no surprises .. we got lined around into the east wind that was now blowing 20 knots .. Brian Mundle helped us get her ready … the motor started, even after all of the work we did removing the fuel line and filter, to get at that one last anoid
about 4 miles down wind back to Turkey Creek
Joe was noticing that the starter battery was not charging, and after a few frustrating hours of testing everything, we found this over sized 30 amp fuse blown
we had another in stock and now have ordered 5 more threw Amazon
you know your boat is small, when you have to remove everything from one side of the boat to another to do any work … now everything is ship shape
Mike and Joe doing some yard work
another job was for us to take off one of the winches and change the bolts, that attached it to the boat ..
Joe also spent time cleaning and servicing
the old bolts that where installed 6 years ago .. we now have stainless ones
we have been experiencing winds from the North East and East at about 25 knots for the last week, and they will continue for another 4-5 days … we are heading east and Lake Okeechobee has to be crossed, it is a very shallow lake and with high winds it kicks up the waves .. and they range from 6-9 ft. at
times … it is a 4 hour crossing for us … so the plan is to move the boat to Clewiston on Sunday and leave Monday morning at daybreak and get across the lake before the winds get at there strongest …
to be continued
