After David and I chuckled over it, we just had to share this (email comment rec’d yesterday regarding the Mahdee blog) from a friend in the Netherlands:
“I enjoy reading your blog and I’m still impressed by the way you and Brenda
live your life! The language you use when talking about the Mahdee is
sometimes like watching Startrek for me; I don’t know half the words they
use, but I keep on watching…”
The huge pile of supplies is dwindling as work progresses. We are basically out of purple heart for anymore floors. We have enough mahogany laminates for about 10 long frames and 10 short ones. We are out of silicon-bronze bolts for installing the last 4 intermediate frames we just finished laminating. We ran out of bronze rod for attaching floors, mast steps and keel fairings. The supplies we had ordered were just about enough to complete the floors and frames back to the cockpit. That was our plan, because we were uncertain about what we would do about the tailfeather/horn-timber. We have now decided to bite the bullet and replace the tailfeather. Read More
Hard to think that it could be so close to freezing! It was down in the mid-30’s last night. John was finishing up the epoxy coating on some of the laminated frames today. He had to sit the container of epoxy resin in hot water to warm it up before combining it with the catalyst. Thank goodness it did kick-off! David and John took out the cockpit today and moved the big heavy steering gear from the cockpit to the deck next to the charthouse. All in prep of taking out the tailfeather. The yard carpenter worked on finishing up the foremast step and made the last floor needed mid-ship.
I was at the computer all day taking care of our business matters while David was working in the cold on the boat. I usually envy him the time on the boat. But, not today!
Last week we ordered a gigantic log of purpleheart from Washington state. Its 12×12 x 18′ long. Very heavy. We’ll get the shipment schedule this week. Before it arrives, the measurements have to be taken from the existing tailfeather, the hull supported ’round the tailfeather, the old one removed. There’ll be pictures coming. I didn’t get pics of the cockpit removal, but I’ll take some tomorrow of the big open area that was the cockpit.
