Boat Coveralls

Boat Coverall

Working on various boat projects we end up trashing a lot of innocent t-shirts, shorts and jeans.  We try to remember to change into the grubby work clothes but you know how it goes......You have been pondering a small project and finally start looking into it physically and BOOM you are fully into it and up to your elbows in boat grim.

Ready to tackle the next boat project

I decided to copy our dock neighbor Kevin and get boat coveralls before all our boat clothes become grubby, work clothes.  I surprised Tom for our anniversary this past fall with Monogrammed boat coveralls.  Yes, we are styling as we slave away.

What do you think?  Modern day Rosie the Riveter?

Boat Flowers

Such a pretty pink color

Dock neighbor Charles has a new to him boat. I got a quick tour before he headed back home to Columbia. He gave me his boat flowers vs throwing them out. Aren't they lovely! Very bright and cheery.  Apparently he is Mr FTD.  It was funny to watch him scramble to explain to Tom why he gave me flowers - like Tom would care but of course Charles didn't know that at the time.

Outhaul Sheave Replacement

What they should look like

While working with rigger Sean this past fall we discovered the outhaul sheave was in need of replacement.

The one on the right is in BAD shape

Not an easy repair to pull off.

Waiting for the fix

This meant gaining access to the bolt under the deck well hidden by our interior soft headliner.

The brittle and fragile plastic hatch trim

Ultimately we ended up taking down the main saloon hatch trim and removing the staples holding up the headliner so we could reach way far in with a wrench. Of course nothing is easy so we had to remove the entire sheave unit to get out the bad one.

Tom removing the staples that hold up the headliner

We agreed that ordering extras was smart. We documented with pics and details on wench size required, screw size, etc.... Now begins the great hunt for the right size replacement. We may end up with a whole new deck organizer if we can't find the right sheave. 

The bolts were really far in - quite a reach

 *Update - Sean has located the correct size sheave and has them on order.  YAY!