The Sun Will be Out Tomorrow

Just as a general update, I am posting the latest pics  on the Venture.

We THOUGHT we were going to real simply put the 4x4 under the hull , stand it up on blocks far enough apart for the wheels of the trailer to slide out and be done with it.  SO much for what thinking did this round!

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Had EVERYTHING all set to go. It WAS a perfect plan!

Had bow all set and everything!

Then REALITY set in and blew the whole darn  plan straight into the trash! The 4x4 wont hold the weight! What to do? After a hard look around Richard noticed the pile of shingles

Wala! We now have a soft but strong support under the boat that works.

OK so its not what I wanted.  Once again it has gone from way to hot to cool at night and if I am going to get ANYTHING done this fall it has to be NOW so the heck with what I THOUGHT I was going to do. Tomorrow I get the angle grinder out and get after it! Utilities are getting turned on tomorrow and I'm going to be getting mighty grubby in the next couple of days bit that bottom is getting done come heck or high water! DA***ED the torpedo's and cold FULL STEAM AHEAD!
SAIL!

Here I sit........

Here I sit in midwest America waiting to see how all this turns out.  Dead beat tenants who like  damaging the property but not paying the bill took off, which i figured that was going to happen.  The mail man tells me they finally turned in a change of address so sending that letter is now an easily option. It will save me cash since now I wont have to pay for tracking them down.  They did not go to far I see since I see her car every time I come up to wifi. I do have to wait until I have the cash to file. That will be some time this next  week or so if I can get a new contract on this house. If not it has to wait until the first.   Life goes on.

The up side is we got the boat lifted and up off the trailer so I can do some work.  The idea was to pull the trailer completely out from under the boat.  It would have worked too. The 4 x 4 is not strong enough to support the weight and started cracking so  we had to keep a center support under the 4 x 4. That blocks the cross tie on the trailer from being able to slide out.  I am back to keep the trailer under the boat.  It works. It is not as comfortable as not having the trailer out from under but it works.  What all this drama means is I have to rethink how I do the keel. Its a lollipop.  The only thing I can think of to do at this point other then having a boat place lift it and drop the keel out is  we put jacks and boards under it,  drop it down on the jacks and let it land on the board and slide it down to the ground on my car ramps. Re install is a simple reversal of all that.
 
I have some thoughts on how to get the keel to electricity to use the grinder. That part is not to hard if I can do it. The bottom of the boat is  pretty close to being clean of old paint but in a few spots there is still this faint residue.  Same times I think it is from the under coat starting to show through the thin parts of the gel coat..  The bottom paint itself sands off pretty fast even with just using the sponge sanders I got. More and more I'm thinking it is just a spot that the gel coat is really thin shining through.
 
The bad news is no electric.   This is what i GET FOR NOT GETTING A DEPOSIT WITH THE DOWN. LIVE AND LEARN. Have been wiping it down with  acetone and hand sanding the thin layer of residue off in every place I can. Have been exploring the idea of plugging my sander into the  inverter in the van. so far the  battery does not want to charge enough to support that. Does that have any thing to do with the bad repair job recently got? I don't know.  I need to check it out.
 I keep forgetting my passwords and now I have other issues on all that so it has been quite the month.  This too will pass!


FINALLY have the storage and house ready to load. I figure if I REALLY had to I could be completely loaded and gone in  maybe 5 hours if I had to do it all by myself.  That IS taking my own sweet time of course. If I had energetic help, I figure one hour tops.

Took some photos. Am sitting here waiting for you tube to finish uploading. Once that is done  if they turned out decent I will post links.
Other then all that not a lot happening.  Sail safe but get out there and sail!

Accept The Things I Cannot Change.

In most 12 step programs I am aware of they do a particular prayer at the end of each meeting. It is a prayer asking The All Mighty to help them to change the things they can, accept that they cannot change certain things and the wisdom to know the difference.  This is really good advice for parents of adult children. Some times you just have to let them figure it out on their own no matter how hard it is.  This is the part of being a parent I REALLY DO NOT LIKE!

The good news is I am so incredibly close to getting out of here I can once more taste it! The renters from hell left.  I have some paperwork to do. The house is dirty but nothing a mop won't fix. I have new paperwork typed out for the most part, on the house and an  ad on Facebook posted.

Getting things sorted out for the final  loading at the house. There are four piles in the shed. Take it for boat. Take it for van. Take it for personal stuff and the throw it out pile. The only thing left I am donating is my coffee table and that is in the van waiting to go to good will. Other then the area immediately surrounding the boat it self , the yard is clear. Next area is getting my room cleared out. That is not going to take a lot of time since it is mostly stuff that can go into the shed until I get place under contract. Once house is under contract, all I have to do is get tire on van, clear storage of my stuff,  go buy a stinger to hook boat up with, then it is load and leave.
Finally, with  the exception of the area in the keel cavity, I have the entire hull under the water line sanded . All antifiouling paint is off except for that thin residue in a few spots. I figure that will come off with washing and some acetone. Once I get my room cleared I plan on working on that a bit at a time  and the storage shed while I wait for a new buyer. It is close!

Sail safe but get out there and SAIL!