Yup, we’re still here.  But progress is being made.  The new waterline is looking good, the bowsprit fitting is almost ready to go on (I put one more coat of thickened epoxy on tonight to fair it into the hull), the bowsprit painting is done (yay!-and it looks lovely), the hatches are one more coat of paint from being done and there’re only another two days of cabin polishing left to be done.

The downside is the new project I started-stripping off some of the old varnish, is going to take a while.  Even though it’s just the toe-rail and rub-rail on each side of the boat, just stripping those is going to take a couple days (37 feet times two for each side).  Then they have to be sanded, bleached and at least three coats of new finish (Cetol).

Oh well, at least we’re enjoying the people here.  Tonight we had dinner with Jim and Linda Fair from Berkeley Yacht Club.  They actually live in Mountain View, but it turns out I knew Jim back in the day when I was at UC Berkeley and sailing at the Cal Sailing Club. Re-aquainted after 38 years!!?  How’s that for the small world department?

OK, have to sign off for tonight so I can beat Ann again at cards.  I’d show the picture of Ann EATING the scoresheet from last night so I couldn’t tape it to the wall, but it’s not a pretty sight.