almost

The parts I have been working the past week are mostly finished and in the boat.

The oak keelson got some Watco oil and was bedded and bolted down as shown in the first picture.

Yesterday I cut and installed about 50 mahogany plugs into the floor grate.� This morning I sanded these flush and gave a final coat or Watco to the floor grates.

I sanded the pedestal after the final layer of fiberglass tape and sprayed a coat of primer.� (The fiberglass tape was the end of a roll I inherited from Jonathan's boat project last spring.)� I made a little teak platform for the top of the pedestal, bedded it, and bolted the main sheet block and jam cleat in place.

I thought about bedding the coamings but discovered that I had bought two tubes of silicone caulk that was out of date so that will have to wait.

I dug an old�spray hood out of the garage attic.� It belonged to another boat and was never used. Unfortunately we hosted a pack rat in our garage last year and the rat chewed two holes big enough to put your hand through, in the cover. Other than the holes,the cover is in new condition and might fit the Etchells�boat with a few modifications.

We will think about whether the spray hood is worth the clutter.

From the garage I dug out a Sunbrella boom tent and two Dacron monkey hammocks that came with the Etchells and Marjorie threw these into the washing machine and we will see if these might be of some use on the daysailer.