As you may well remember, Schyler had me start a project involving screwheads while we waited for more stripper to arrive. He told me, and I quote, "It's a very tedious job. I appreciate that you THINK you can do it, but it's very, very tedious." Knowing this information, I set forth with my screwdriver in hand and prepared for hours of painstaking work. I was done in one hour, not so bad!
After the fairing job, I began scraping paint off around all the little nooks and crannies near the deck framing. I figured I would at least keep working on removing the paint while we waited for more paint stripper to arrive. Now, this job to me was painfully tedious and beyond frustrating. I'm thinking, you've got to be kidding, there must be an easier way to get around all this framing! In the midst of my cursing, Schyler comes home and inspects my fairing work, and then grabs a screwdriver and begins removing all the deck framing, seat cleats and seat supports. I sat there amazed. He couldn't have done this in the beginning, BEFORE I started all the scraping!!! Once they were all off, he turns to me with that Schyler smile and says "Look honey, this will make it much easier to work on!" I thought I was going to slug him.
All and all, the boat is progressing very well and we have been working on it everyday after work and on weekends. Friends are beginning to stop by and check it out. Pete and RePete visited with beer and munchies. Chris Moore stopped by to see how far we were along with ours. He and his father Jim are working on their Lightning for the Regatta as well. The race is on!
Anyway, we will keep you posted and remember, if you drive by and see us working on the boat, STOP by! We love it! Just remember, if you are holding a Blue in one hand, prepare to have a tool in the other helping us!
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