A Labor of Love

Kevin and his crew (James, Kristina and myself) have been working on restoring the decks.  We have been working since January on this project, which reduced our sailing time.  It has involved cutting out the old caulking with a hot knife, then cleaning the remaining caulking out with screw drivers and carpet cutter for any residual caulk the hot knife  didn't pull up.  The last few steps of sanding, taping then re caulking.  A few days later then sanding it smooth and oiling the deck.  Kevin has done 90% of the work and has every right to be proud of his new decks.  This project has taken several months and it will be nice to go sailing.  This weekend is our annual pirate scramble at the grant island, then we will be going to St. August at the end of may.

 

As you can see by the second photo how nice it looks.  We are so thank full this should only have to be done about once every 20 years.  As the admiral, I would like to thank James and Kristina for all their hard work.