[quote=coastrat]learned my lesson last year...don't delay shipyard mode.
[quote]got snowed in and am still digging out[/quote]
now that will delay shipyard mode. last year i crammed in hull repairs/paint, making new dolphin striker, rudder upgrades, sail repair, and a host of misc. stuff into 2 weeks before the first race. laced up the tramp and sailed her just 3 days after paint. wished i would have let the paint cure at least a week before assembly. this year i have 2 more passes on the keels(resin top coat, sand and touch up paint) and mayby she can sit for a month before i wax the crap out of it and assemble this time. last year was a bit rough with the wifes brain cancer coming back with a vengance but she toughed out surgery/chemo and kicked its azz and ended up sailing a bunch later that summer...this year has been a piece of cake compared last at this time.
we get winter here...it will freeze, snow/sleet/ice ocassionaly but like this past weekend, you will get a few days in a row of sunny 70 degree awesomness fit for glass work. if things work out, i hope to get wet before easter. you can sail here april through november w/out any wet suit or long sleeves for that matter. the gulf, she is warm, and the oyster beds are open and producing! bp, katrina, how many more catastrophies are in store? stay tuned...[/quote]
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