Yes!! I finished the port side rail!

I’m so happy to have finished this, I wrote a song, to the tune of Norwegian Wood (by the Beatles) that, by the way, I can play on my Ukulele.

“I once had a leak, in my handrail,
It, was a big leak, such a big leak, I had to fix it.”

…and so on and so forth…

The discerning reader may sense that I’m writing this after a celebratory rum enhanced cocktail or two and she would be correct!! This is a big day, as it marks the end of the official “most ugly of projects”. Just have a look at how ugly this one got…

Oh, the ceiling had to come down in both the head and the shower (not shown).

Yup, this is just some of the trim boards that had to come down to get at the handrail bolts.

Of course it wouldn't be a true boat project unless at least one of the bolts was fiberglassed in, requiring me to chisel the glass fiber away to access the bolt which was virtually inaccesible

So, after many hours and much swearing, it is over – we can now get onto more fun projects and are closer to being able to leave for a shakedown cruise.

Tomorrow, I’ll work on some misc projects, and Ann is going to spend the day at Janette’s doing a quilting project for some friends who had babies this year up in Fiji. We hope to send the finished quilts out to the islands with cruising friends headed that way this season.