Firsts

One nice thing about boats.  They're never boring.  The past few weeks have been a long list of "firsts" but perhaps the most memorable one was today.  Tim did his first line splice and it turned out awesome:

OK so you might not think this is such a big deal, but all sailors know that this is some sort of a rite of passage.  Cruising vacationers generally do not learn how to splice a line.  Voyagers, on the other hand, realize that this is a valuable skill to know, and most perfect it.  (New sailing term for the week: fid - noun  Nautical.  1. a wooden or metal pin for parting strands of a rope.)  


As you have by now realized, Tim has not been flying much, and as a result has been filling his time with all things nautical.  Another first this week - he built a new section  of cockpit grate to fill the vacant spot left by removing the captain's seat at the aft end of the cockpit.  Here it is during the building process.  I promise to have pictures of it finished and installed.

Add to the list of firsts the headliner replacement last weekend and the side panel replacement and the seahood re-bedding and the new Dyneema lifeline making and at the moment I guess I'm pretty satisfied.  Now if we could just get her in the water...