My project for the day...discover where in the world the bobstay bolts are hidden under the fiberglass in the anchor locker. This is the locker, looking downward.
This is where I spent the day. The bobstay fitting was behind the two wooden posts in the background (they are called "Sampson Posts")
My actual "uniform" of the day. Headlamp, earplugs and facemask.
Uh huh. Six hours spent like this and I'm not halfway done...
Yup, that's about all I've got to show for six hours work. One bolt is just showing and the other has been "found" but not yet excavated.
Argh, Ack and Uhhh! were also heard during the day. When it’s bad, it’s bad. Not a fun day. I’m beat. Not to take all the credit for tough jobs. Ann’s beat too-but she’s actually showing some progress on her project. She “rounded” the bow this afternoon and is polishing the way down the starboard side.
The bobstay fitting removal project is turning very ugly. For several hours I couldn’t even be sure where the second bolt was. Turned out I was looking in the wrong direction. I finally drilled a hole right through the bow so I could see where in the heck I was. Good news, I found out. Bad news, the second bolt is in the worst possible place. Right under a bulkhead. There’s a small “bridge” where it is, so I have some working room, but not much. The electric saw (Fein Tool) won’t fit under there so I had to buy a Dremel tool with a burr cutter. That’s tomorrow’s project.