Monday, December 1, 2014

Close Call

I haven't been doing much on the boat over the past 2 weeks, but I have just about finished up the port bulkhead and just need to install the final trim pieces and re-install the chainplate.  I'm going to try and get to it this week, but the holidays have thrown everything off (the cold doesn't help either).

Speaking of cold, we had some really cold weather the past week and finished off with a day before Thanksgiving snowstorm that dropped about a foot of really heavy snow that made for a big mess. Awfully pretty, but I'm not ready for winter yet. The heavy snow knocked down hundreds of trees in the area and we were one of 300,000 customers without power over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Fortunately we have a big wood stove to keep us warm and the in-laws were only about an hour away and didn't lose power, so we went there for the feast.

The boat and shed narrowly missed getting clobbered during the storm by an old maple that decided to attempt a kamikaze run but fortunately missed. Just barely.  It took me about an hour to cut and pile the attacker and will use it for the woodstove next year.


5 comments:

  1. Very close call, glad to see all ended well. I have made a decision on my shelter for my alberg. I am buying fittings from a place called shelters-to-go.com. I am building a hi pitch version that will be about 14x40. We'll see. Happy holidays

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    1. Excellent, I looked at those when I was doing my initial research. One of those will certainly be a lot quicker to build than a Stimson. I decided against one because of the amount of snow we get here (lots), but I suspect your location doesn't get what we do. Good luck and happy holidays.

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  2. Whether in the water or out, the worry never ends, does it? If I'm not worried about Ariel in her slip, I'm worried about her on her cradle as she's being blasted by 30kt NWerlies. Glad you and Magic came out okay!

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  3. Matt, just discovered your blog thanks to Old Boat Magazine. I was struck with the parallels between your venture and mine (from working with rotting core to the conundrum of what to do about the head). I too have an Alberg that I am working on and after reading most of your blog I was inspired to start my own to capture and relay some of my experiences. Here is the link for entry #1! Thank you for the inspiration and insights from your blog. I have done a lot of work topside but now I am about to bite off some pretty big projects down below that I think are beyond my level of skill but oh well; namely moving the galley from stern to starboard, plugging a few obsolete through hulls and creating a new one to accommodate new placement of the sink... baby steps.... (https://chroniccantabridgean.wordpress.com/)

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    1. Cool, I just checked out and commented on your blog. Nice write-up. Keep it up and feel free to look me up; I get down to the Boston area frequently, I love field trips.

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