Retrieval

Seabrook says the yacht will be ready Friday March 30, 2007. We made calls to the many people who enthusiastically volunteered to help bring the boat back in triumph. No one could go. Finally John Hornung said he would like to help, and Joe Kessling volunteered to drive up the Houston. It just shows how promises are so cheap when there is something else to do on the weekend.

Actually I was very much looking forward to sailing short handed with Jan, but I am also glad to have another good hand in John Hornung.

Centerboard Box

Hope springs eternal! I called OJ Young at the boat yard today. He said the last piece of work was in the machine shop. It was the metal box that leads the centerboard cable into the hull. He said I was lucky to have it done now. The old box crumbled as they were removing it. Soon the box would have leaked and sent the yacht to the bottom of the slip or into the sea.

Hopefully we can pick her up next week

Mourning Doves

I just finished my essay about the mourning doves that used the bow fitting of White Pepper as a nest. Regrettably Blogger does not accept Word documents. Please e-mail me if you want a copy.

Little Progress

There is little to add to the previous post. I have called repeatedly to Seabrook about the progress of the work and get little of no response. "We're working on it" is about the best comment I hear. So it seems that Feb. 17th is out. I will have to work Feb. 24th, so the earliest I can pick up White Pepper is March 4th, 2007.

Update on yard work

January 20, 2007

Currently White Pepper is in the Seabrook Shipyard. She has been there since early October and work is very slow. So far, the new stainless steel water tanks have been installed under the settees. The freezer/refrigerator has been built but not installed. This has been custom work and complicated as well as expensive.  It will go in where the ice box was.  There has been work done on the mast. The rigging will be completely cold headed ie the foot plates will all be cold headed, new sheaves installed, a new antenna and wind arrow installed. Stix and Riggin' is replacing the tack horn on the boom and the goose neck. The pulley assembly on the deck for the centerboard cable is being replaced. This was the piece of equipment that ruined Jan's back because it was so corroded.

Hopefully, everything will be pulled together by mid-February.