What a day

Well today was a bad day for me here at the Carrie Michelle. It started out good thru lunch and then here came the problem. I had been working on the galley and the head , going in and out all day and then bam it happen.

Down to the bottom I go

I had been going around this all morning and had no problem with it. then this afternoon I was not watching where I was going and stepped on the plywood and down into the basement of the boat I went. The worst thing about it is I am here by myself and no one to help me out. Well the best thing is I am not hurt except I tore up my little finger on my left hand up.

Little finger

Well the is all that happened to me except I will be real sore for the next few days or so. Other then that all is well and I can still work on her and keep rite on going.

Other then that little episode I am ok and still able to work. Also the welder came by this afternoon and said he would be here Monday morning to start welding on the swim platform. That is wonderful too, that way I know it will be ready when Shirley gets here and it will so easy for her to get into the boat.

Well that is about it for today, y'all have a great eveing and a wonderful weekend,
Harold

Flag Pole Wireing

Good morning to all, what a winter storm we are having across the country. Yesterday we had a cold front blow in with gust from 40 to 50 mph. Wow what the wind has made too. There things scattered all across the boat yard down the street. All is well here thank goodness.

Flag Pole

Well yester day was a all right day I guess. Even I did not get done what all I wanted to, almost did. I almost got the flag pole wired up but I did not, I got six pairs of eight of the wire ran then the front blew in and no more ladder work. So that will be it for a day or two on the flag pole.

Well today I guess I will start working on the gussets and see what I can get done today. I have got one installed and one made up and ready to be installed with two still need to be made. So that will be a days work there and if I have more time then I will start the fiber glassing them.

Until next post have a great day,
Harold

Swimplatform lv

Good morning to all,
Sorry for no post these last few days, but I have been so busy that at the end of the day I come in take my shower, call my Shirley and then go to bed. So that is why there has been no new post.

Another beautiful sun rise

What a sun rise. This is almost an everyday thing here. This is a shot out across gulf. That makes for a great day when you wake up to something this pretty. The only thing that is missing are the birds a singing. Most of the birds here or Sea Gulls and Pelicans.

Not a ripple on the water

Flag Pole

 Well the flag pole is up and in place. I have the anchor light, running light, two spot lights, and the VHF antenna mounted on it. Then the flags will be next. We will fly a flag from each state we stop end.

Transom painted

 Well the swim platform is and transom or finished. The transom has three coats of anti fouling paint on it at $220.00 dollars a gallon. But with the paint, it's like the Fram commercial pay me now or pay me later. The cheaper bottom will wash off and then it's time for a bottom job at a lot more then $200.00 dollars, more like a thousand dollars. So that's why I chose the better paint.

I also got one gusset built and installed in it's place, just three more to go and then fiber glassed in place. So that is about it for this post.

Have a great day,
Harold

Good Day Here

Well good afternoon to all that is keeping up with the Carrie Michelle. Well yesterday and today have been very good days here. When we have day like yesterday and today it makes for a real good week. also it makes me feel good too.

Good Morning

What a Sun Rise

 This is what I woke up to this morning. Wow a picture it made and what a sun rise it was. Sun rises like this makes for a great day. This is the only way to start your day. There is not many day that you see this type of sun raise. This sun rise had about six or seven shades of the pinkish orange to it. What a pisture.

Swim platform

 Well I have got all six braces cut and ground to fit tight. now all I need is for the welder to come and get them welded in place.

You talk about some hard metal that stainless steel is some hard. I have used a hand full of grinding wheels, I think sixteen all together.

Grinding off the old

After getting all the braces done I started grinding off the old bottom paint. It looks like there is four or five coats on the bottom. All the old has to be ground off before it can be recoated with new bottom paint. I am going back with black up to the bottom of the boot stripe. To make it last it will be coated with three coats. The bottom paint is a very costly paint but you need it.

Well that is it for today, I hope all of you have a great evening. Until next posting have a great one,
Harold

Swim Platform lll

Good Morning

 

Well good morning to all that has been reading this blog.

Well yesterday was a great day here at the Carrie Michelle. The day started of a little shakier but as the morning went on things got better. At first I was having trouble with one of the braces but I got that worked out and then all went well from there.

As things started to looking better I started getting the braces ready for the welder to weld them in place. Wow a job that was getting them ready. The braces or made out of schedule 40 stainless steel, by the time I got four cut at 45 degrees on the end and rounded to fit on the pipe frame  I went through nine grinding wheels. Now I am here to tell you that is some hard metal.

Now that four of the braces or in place I hope the welder comes by this morning and gets them welded in place and then I can move onto a new project. The new project will be to get the flag pole all wired up and the lites working. After the flag pole I need to start grinding the bottom paint and a little scale off and get it ready to be painted with bottom paint. Now that is a read nasty job too.

Sunset

Well that is about it for this post. Y'll have a great weekend and stay dry if you can cause it is going to be raining in most of the states. Until next posting have a blessed one,
Harold

Swim platform ll

Well good evening to all.

Well today was a good here at that Carried Michelle, I got my fiber glass tech done before the rain comes. It is a hard thing to find some of the water leaks,sometime it runs in one place and out anotherplace.

Well I got the swim platform set and started to mount it in it's place. If all goes ok tomorrow I should be ready for the welder by Monday I hope. Stainless is a very hard  to drill. One half inch hole wore out three drill bits and I broke one half inch bit too. So it will be a slow process drilling all the holes that need to be drilled . If all goes well I should be ready for the welder by Monday I hope.

The picture with the green is that color of the helm and the other is a picture of the swim platform.

Until next posting have a great evening,
Harold

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Swim platform

Good morning to all.

Well today we will start mounting the swim platform and this will be a major job. The first thing that has to be done is to make sure it is in place all around. That is leveled and squared to the boat. After that we will find the stringers position and drill small holes thrust the hull so we wilknow where to place the braces. That  next step is to start making the guesttes and then we will make the angle brackets for mounting the guesttes to the stringers. The next step is to put the guesttes in place then fiber glass them into there places. After all that is done we will bolt the braces into place , hen weld them to the platforms frame work. So that is what will be going the next few days here.

Until next post have a great day,
Harold