Robin & Defiance's Blogs life aboard Defiance April 2007

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44°00.0607 North 076°59.3814 West Covering July 8 to July 13, earliest entries posted first. This is the week of severe thunderstorms in the late afternoon!

Friday June 8, 2007

That's It! The salon Ultrasuede Upholstery is finished!

July 12/ Cedar Skiff reaches pre-coat and first coat to shear.

Cedar Skiff: Saturday, July 7, 2007

There is nothing like sanding out green epoxy for a workout. However all done, prep washed with 202, and the first coat of Interlux Epoxy Primercoat applied.

Sanded out pre coat wiped off with 2 202 cleaner.

Visit the Cedar Skiff Repair Page here.

Life is mellow in Waupoos Marina John Bachelor has progressed well with the repaint of Joy B and I get a little sailing time with friends David and Elizabeth. There have been severe thunderstorms every evening bringing torrential rain and strong winds.

On the other side of the cruising coin the anchorage has not been busy at all this year and the weeds are already making holding a issue.

I have brought in Chris to help me with the hand sanding in defence of my shoulders and having a bit of company is a nice change.

Go to Cedar Skiff page 1 "The beginnings" in June 2007 here

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 15:00 UTC from Environment Canada
Temperature 21°C, Pressure 101.3kPa, Wave Height N/A, Wave Period 4sec, Sea Temp. 21°C, Wind NNE 3 knots

Marine Forecast issued for Lake Ontario. Issued: 10.30 AM EDT Tuesday 10 July 2007 for the period ending at 10.30 AM Wednesday with an outlook for the following 24 hours. Forecast: Wind light and variable becoming southwest 15 to 20 knots near midnight. Fair. Waves 1 metre or less. Outlook..Moderate to strong southwesterlies veering to westerlies then backing to southwesterlies.

Cedar Skiff: Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Now we begin to see changes in much more rapid succession. The first coat of primer is sanded out and the second coat will be dry this afternoon and we will flip the boat to begin to address the exterior issues. The floorboards have been pre-coated ready for Epoxy Primercoat.

Go to Cedar Skiff page 1 "The beginnings" in June 2007 here

Cedar Skiff: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Things are in high gear now with two of us working on the skiff logging 10 or 12 hours a day. We now have the port side repaired and pre-coated, with perhaps 40% of the starboard done before we ran out of chemicals at 18:30. Now with the shear in its final colour the boat is starting to look PRETTY.

There are numerous ding, gouges, cracks and divot's in the hull that have to be dealt with. Someone has obviously tried to clean up the scarfs. But, not bad for a 70 year old boat.

Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 15:00 UTC
Temperature 22°C, Pressure 101.0kPa, Wave Height N/A, Wave Period 2sec, Sea Temp. 20°C, Wind WSW 11 knots

Marine Forecast issued for Lake Ontario. Issued: 10.30 AM EDT Thursday 12 July 2007 for the period ending at 10.30 AM Friday with an outlook for the following 24 hours. Forecast: ..Small craft wind warning in effect.. Wind southwest 10 knots increasing to 20 this afternoon then diminishing to 15 this evening. Isolated showers and chance of a thunderstorm developing this afternoon and ending this evening. Waves less than 1 metre building to near 1 this afternoon. Outlook..Moderate southwesterlies veering to westerlies then backing to southwesterlies.

Cedar Skiff: Saturday, July 13, 2007

100% of exterior bottom sanded out & pre-coated, shear repairs made, more keel work, and a second coat of primer on the floor

Thursday (12 hours) and Friday were big days with a lot of progress. The fiberglass tape repairs to three bottom planks midships were sanded out

Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 12:00 UTC

Temperature 18°C, Pressure 101.3kPa, Wave Height NA, 3sec Sea Temp. 19°C, Wind WSW 1 knots

Marine Forecast issued for Eastern Lake Ontario. Issued: 3.00 AM EDT Saturday 14 July 2007 for the period ending at 3.00 AM Sunday with an outlook for the following 24 hours. Forecast: ..Small craft wind warning in effect.. Wind light and variable increasing to south 10 to 15 knots late this morning and to southwest 15 to 20 this afternoon. Wind backing to south 20 this evening. Fair then scattered showers with risk of a thunderstorm developing this afternoon. Waves less than 1 metre building to near 1 this afternoon. Outlook..Strong southerlies veering to light to moderate westerlies.

The weather has continued to offer up strong thunderstorms daily which are often accompanied by winds gusting over 40 Knots. The good news is that you do not need to wash your boat.

Friday ended with a great note in that my new $1,000 3250 GPH primary waterpump finally arrived from Nova Scotia. The A100 super fab stainless steel adaptors fit perfectly and the rotation and flow are correct making the install a much easier job. If I guessed today it will onbly require one plate that I can mount to existing mount points.