On Monday I compounded and waxed the deck and on Tuesday I did the same for the cockpit. Finally done.
Century Club: Don Frick
Monday, May 17, 2021 to Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Number of days:
2 days
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
Myra and I again went out for an afternoon sail letting the wind dictate our course.
Friday, May 14, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
Myra and I went for a sail out in the bay.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 to Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Number of days:
2 days
I spent 2 days lightly compounding and waxing the cabintop. At this point only the deck and cockpit are left to compound and wax.
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
We went out for a couple hour sail in the bay with our friends Gus and Maura. Winds were about 7-8 knots so it was a nice gently sail.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
Gratitude lifted Allure up off the ground shortly before lunch. While the yard crew was at lunch, I put a quick coat of bottom paint on the bottom of the keel where it was sitting on wood blocks. After lunch, they gently lowered Allure into the water and I motored to Osprey Point Marina.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 to Sunday, April 18, 2021
Number of days:
5 days
On Tuesday, I uncovered Allure and washed the deck and hull. The next day I spent sanding, scraping and preparing the hull for bottom paint, my favorite job. On Thurday, I painted the hull with a fresh coat of black Pacifica Plus. Saturday I spent the day lightly compounding and waxing the hull. Myra even helped by taping and waxing the waterline. On Sunday, I finished waxing the hull and installed the propeller, new anodes and the canvas dodger, bimini and connector.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
I ran down the river to Walker Marine in Cape Coral where the boat was pulled and placed in a service rack. After flushing the engine, drying the bilge, disconnecting the batteries and washing and covering the boat, they placed the inside in her rack for storeage until the fall when we return.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
After drilling, tapping and inserting a small temporary stainless steel plug in the remnants of plastic plug left int he fuel pump/cooler module, I went down to Gulf Harbor Marina to fill up esCape in preparation for summer storage.
Monday, April 5, 2021
Number of days:
1 day
I left Shaw Canal planing to run down to Gulf Harbour Marina to fuel up and then take esCape back to Walker Marine Group in Cape Coral for summer storage. Shortly after I got up onto plane out in the river, I noticed an unsual smell, came off of plane and open the engine cover. I could immediately see that the plastic plug in the fuel pump/cooler module had failed and the engine was pumping seawater into the bilge. I had had one of these plugs fail several years ago after the water pump was rebuilt so I had extra plugs on board. I was unable to remove the remants of the old plug and later discovered that the plug had apparently been JB Welded into place 2 months earlier when the water pump was again replaced. Left with no other options, I called SeaTow for my first ever tow back to the dock.