South west Oklahoma is normally a 3 -6 week winter then you can pretty much count on warm days, usually around the first week or so of February, gradually getting warmer. What I would really like to know is WHAT HAPPENED this year! WOW We have had a REAL WINTER this year. Several occasions of snow that actually lasted longer then the normal 12 to 24 hours and COLD like the North country! Do not have TV or internet at the house so I have not really been able to keep up . From what little TV I see it looks like it was this way all over Wow!
In between that and getting hit with what ever monster bug has been going around I'm running at least 2 weeks behind of plans. Seriously I woke up on morning a couple of weeks ago feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. Headache from the deepest darkest part of you know where, could not think, could not talk intelligently in words of more then 2 syllables, could not walk straight the ten feet to the john or the door to let the dogs out. Seriously thought I had had a stroke at first but was to sick to go to the hospital. Dialing 911 was just to much effort. The good news is, I can actually think and chew gum at the same time and it is getting warm. 60's and 70's this week end and the keel is in the bail room ready to start putting resin on it. Got notarized copies of bill of sale and title and got those down to tag office so I will be legal once I get numbers and tag sticker on hull ( AFTER Fiberglass work is done.) .
Finally got around to unpacking the fiberglass order I put in a while back. Amazing thing, almost 400.00 worth of mostly tools and one 30 yard roll of cloth don't take up much room. Except for the cloth it is all on a couple of small shelves in the back room waiting for me to get busy. Did get the first layers of cloth for one side of the keel cut and ready to go. I am thinking tomorrow night I will get in there and start. Need to cut at least one more layer of cloth to fit then its resin, cloth, resin, chopped strand, resin and more cloth finished off with white pigmented resin for a finish. It may not look as professional as a shop but it will do the job which is all I really care about. Then once that side is done its is flip it and repeat on other side and I'm good on the keel. Next I really need to get the bottom rudder rebuilt. Plan on just starting from scratch on some sort of frame and glass it in. Have the tiller almost completely re-glued and ready to sand down to refinish. Need to go get some laminating resin or wood glue. I hate the idea of buying a quart of resin for such a small job so I may cheap out on that one.
Decided to spurge and go to outback, This was a major disappointment. Last time we went several years ago a rack of lamb was just that. Now it is 3 little lamb chops, some mashed potatoes and green beans covered in butter. can you say HIGH Cholesterol! It jut not worth the price or the trip any more.
Took some pics of keep and progress. Cant quite figure out where they are on this new cell phone. Will post once I do.
That's about all for now. Sail safe but get out there!
