The bimini

So today I set up the bimini and dodger to see what it looks like.  

 

 Not Bad, eh?
They just forgot one thing...

They forgot to make a way for the backstay bridle to pass through.
Can't quite get the back piece on this way.

It makes for a nice tent on the back of the boat though.  I don't think I'd sail her like this.

First Pictures on Winded

Took the boat up to the cottage and moored her on Gull lake for a few days.  We got one half-decent sailing day in on Thursday.  These are the pictures that Sue took aboard and a couple I took of her moored.

Winded is now ready to go back into the water.

Well, today I put Winded back on her trailer. I also cleaned up most of the wiring and tucked it away neatly with surface mounted plastic wire conduit. Looks much better than having it pop in and out of the molding. I also wired in the depth finder and hooked up the connectors for the VHF antenna. Unfortunately the knotmeter is toast. I just can't seem to get it working again. Guess I'll just have to use the GPS to tell me how fast I'm going. Now I can go sailing again.  Of course that has to wait now because Thursday we're going on a canoe trip to Algonquin and then Sunday we're heading to the cottage for a week.  Maybe I'll take it along to the cottage and sail her a day or two on Gull Lake.

Guides are in!

Well, I've finished installing the keel guides and re-glassed the trunk to make it water tight again. Yesterday the centreboard went back in.  The new guides work really well.  The centreboard slides easily and there is now very little play either front to back or side to side. Now to finish the electrical and then I can go sailing again. WOOOHOOOO!

Guides ready to go in

Well the guides are now ready to go back in the boat.  I've attached some picks of the guides with the plastic lining. I wrecked my knee over the weekend so now I have to let that heal up before I can squat enough to get them back into place. Really, I'm hoping to get the boat back in the water before the end of the summer.