Captain’s log
Dateline: 22.04.2022
Jim
Met a guy named Jim today.
He was passing my boat in his small motorized fiberglass kanoe on his way to a local bar. He asked if this is the boat that used to be at Bob & Annie’s, I said yes,
he then told me that he used to skipper my boat years ago. I let him aboard.
Turned out Jim used to work at Bob & Annie’s boatyard back when this boat still had big windows and only one prior owner.
He knows the vessel well, told me that the bottom part of the hull is made out of waffle veawe Kevlar.
Confirmed that the resin is epoxy, but I still need to get that gas spectrometry done just to be sure it’s not vinyl ester.
He said he wanted to buy this boat for 15 years, but never got the money to do so. Jim lives on a trimaran anchored not far from here.
Things learned
- And The Sea Will Tell is worth reading or watching
- Northern Bounty was originally used for Canadian Wilderness program, angry German teenagers used to learn how to sail on it (which still appears to be the case to this day)
- Capsized is a good book to read
- Cayo Costa State Park is a good place to visit
- Fast 5200 to repair holes left from screws, then use scotch pad to hold it there while it cures
- Use Liquid Weld to mount screws into the hull
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