Running out of time
By Mike Jastrzebski
Wednesday we haul Rough Draft and we’ve been racing the clock every day trying to get projects done so we’ll be ready to go to the Abacos by mid May. So far the clock is beating us.
We had planned to spend 6 or 7 days in the yard and then take a couple of weeks to give the boat a shakedown before leaving. We’re going to cross to the Bahamas with Christine Kling and she won’t be ready ’til about the 15th.
Since we had the tear in the hose connecting the stuffing box we have extended our expectations to 12-14 days. I still have to rework the plumbing to the head as well as pull the shaft and repair the stuffing box hose. There are many other projects I could work on but alas, I doubt they’ll get done.
We really want to get over to the Abacos this year so I can begin work on the next Wes Darling book, so some of the projects will have to wait until this summer when we come back to the States.
I’ll try to keep everyone updated on our progress, but I’m not sure how well my internet connection will be in the yard. I’ll have the 3G on my iPad so I’ll have something next week, but it will probably be short, sweet and to the point.
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