The long Winter and early Spring of our discontent has passed. The ice is gone from the Bay and sailing season beckons.
The mast is in the shop and almost ready to go. The sheave and a few bolts are among the missing but should not prove to be too big a problem. The cockpit sole work is coming along with some of the old cockpit sole teak reused. I had a recent consultation with Paul Smith about cockpit seat options. Looks like the seat slats will be made of Jersey cedar with oak framing, just like Sjogin’s hull.
If all goes according to plan, we should be sailing in May. (The operative word being should.)
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Ice free and mares tails on a brisk spring day a few weeks ago. Sailing soon.
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The mast work is almost done. When I have the rest of the screws the mast track will be done. Then it’s on to the gooseneck and mast head fittings. Also a new topping lift is called for. And then the same process with the boom.
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Fitting supports for the end of the cockpit sole. The teak came from one of the original floor boards.
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Who says things never change at Beaton’s. New flag pole repurposed from an old mast. Nice SW breeze.
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Shadow , a classic Blackjack,almost ready for her close-up.
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Myth, looking Beaton fresh.
That’s it for now. Perhaps a bit of more frequent posting now that heaving to off Swan Point gets closer.
thanks for the update!
all looking very nice. congrats. wooden boats seem awful easy to maintain! great shots of beatons. never gets old
well over a month since you last posted . . . impatient to know what’s going on . . . my boat is in the water for a month . . .