Wow we just realised that we have not done a post since Mark left for Dutch Harbor. He returned at the end of January. We have been doing fine. The winter winds have been exceptional in Sitka this year but the shrink wrap is holding up ok.
We both have had our Covid vaccinations so we are good to go in that department.
Mark has been hard at work trying to fix the starboard side of the coach roof, like he did the port before we left Seward. He is nearly done, a few more days should see it through. For those who do not remember we developed a leak on the port side where the deck joins the coach roof. We also had a small leak on the starboard side but it was very small.
The project entails cutting the glass away on the coach roof from the deck to a couple of inches up. He has to work in 8 inch sections as that is how much the external heater can heat to make the repair epoxies kick off. He has to dig out all the rotten wood and dig down to below deck level, then fill all that back up with epoxy, glass, and filler. On the port side there was a fair amount of rot so the job was bigger but the digging was easier. On the starboard side the wood is pretty much intact so he has to use the grinder, chisels and drills to get the wood out to below deck level.
To save a 1000 words here are a couple of pictures.
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| This is a hole dug out |
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| that is all the part finished plus around the corner to the mainmast |
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