We used Sani-Tred paint on our deck. We are producing a video review of Sani-Tred and the application process. If you're considering painting your deck, you will not want to miss it.

A day spent removing the latex paint in the cabin and v-berth as well as extending the cabin sole into the former engine compartment results in a plea for pity from MAL. 

After work, MAL positioned the patio table and umbrella for shade as he worked on filling the starboard side transducer hole. It was pretty hot, so the shade offered by the patio umbrella provided some relief. About half way thru placing 20 layers of fiberglass, MAL was letting the epoxy cook a bit as he cleaned up some messes in the work area. A breeze had been building to the point that a small craft advisory would have been posted had an ocean been nearby.MAL, deeply focused on his fiberglass work, ignored the building wind and was oblivious to amount of canvas held aloft by the patio umbrella. Had he been paying attention, he'd have reefed the umbrella or even dropped to bare poles. Apparently Neptune's presence and lessons carry to the high mountain desert climate in Wyoming, for as MAL stupidly watched, the umbrella slowly rose from above the patio table, swung its 1 1/2" dowel stem to the north briefly, and then whipped back to admonish his student for his lack of awareness with a sharp blow across the nose. The umbrella then glided across the backyard and sacrificed itself in a crumpled heap against the fence. 

A couple of months ago we sold the Volvo diesel motor out of Raggedy Edge. This past weekend, we cut out the fuel tank. We have no beef with fossil fuels. We don't buy into the global warming hoax (or as they now call it "Climate Change" to maintain their shaman flexibility). Unlike leftist we are not afraid of fire in its every incantation (tobacco smoking, firearms, internal combustion engine) but you cannot beat the simple elegance of a sailing vessel that has been swept clean of an oily motor and all of it's space and weight consuming equipment. So what, if we're not some kind of greenie, really motivated us to ditch the motor? We get rid of a motor and we gain the ability to carry an extra 400 pounds of water (or other supplies). We gain access to storage space beneath the cockpit that was damn near inaccessible before. We get rid of the prop and prop shaft which Jay Fitzgerald of the Oar Club says will likely gain us 1.5 knots on any point of sale and allow our boat to point a degree or two higher into the wind. We eliminate a major fire hazard. We eliminate the threat of a 400 pound chunk of iron breaking loose of its mounts in a really bad situation. We eliminate the maintence time and cost of a marine diesel motor which alone counts for half the yearly maintence costs of a motorsailer.