We left the boat with a nice coat of wax which intentionally wasn't buffed off. We washed the wax off, tidied up some dirty spots and re-waxed the boat, followed by buffing. This work took us most of the weekend and left Cat Tales pretty shiny.
Laurie took a full day while I was waxing to do the engine work. The main sail is back in place, but we're awaiting a calmer day to put up the jib. We wouldn't want to take off like a kite in the boatyard!
Laurie found an old pallet in the boatyard and designed a nice little work table for himself. The boards he is sanding are from over top of the engine. They will be painted a shade of terra cotta. We had to rinse some of the salty, wet, never drying edges and have left them to dry before applying the 1st coat. We are hoping 2 coats will do, but time is running short.
We put up the bimini the first day, which is a lot of lacing. The older zipper style we had wore out because of the rotten zippers. Shade is something we need, so it was first on the list.
Laurie's yearly tearing apart of the toilet went well, but we'll really see how well it went after we launch on thursday!
