Bev and I went up to Cornucopia last Friday (June 18th). I had a few things to do on the boat but our main purpose was to relax and have some fun. It was kind of rainy and yucky on Saturday so I was able to get my boat stuff done. These tasks involved some rigging checks and putting the registration numbers on the tender. I followed Jessica's advice and traced the numbers first, then painted them in with a very small brush. It took a couple of hours but I am very satisfied with the result. I understand that it is very difficult to get the registration sticker to stick to the inflatable tube so I followed the numbering kit recommendation and painted a square to put the sticker on. I hope that works! I have included a picture of the tender with the numbers here but unfortunately someone put their tender on top of mine so you can barely see the numbers but you should be able to get the idea from it.

We cooked all our meals on the boat and Saturday night we went to the Big Top Chautauqua and saw the Fiddlehead Band led by virtuosic violin master Randy Sabien. It was excellent! We ended the day with a beach bonfire over at Neil and Linda's cabin.

On Sunday we got out for a sail in the bay and it was wonderful. A very nice 6 to 7 nt breeze and Summer Snow performed perfectly. Then it was off to Minneapolis to have a pizza party with Mac, Jenny, Cam, Patrick, Jessica, Brock, and Brianna. The pizza was great so we went for ice cream and a walk around Lake Nokomis.

Painting the Non-Skid

Today was a good day. I had to wait all morning for things to dry out and for the sky to clear enough so I didn’t think it was going to rain. At noon I began taping the non-skid off so I could paint. I used Interlux Interdeck polyurethane which is made for non-skid areas. I used white mixed with 25% gray to get a light gray finish. I was working away and was about 2/3 finished when I noticed the wind had shifted and it was noticeable cooler. I looked around and sure enough, it looked like rain. I stepped up a notch and got the job finished before a little sprinkle hit. It wasn’t much and the paint had set up so no damage done. By 4 PM it was dry enough to start installing the brightwork. Tomorrow I will put the dodger on and install the new line stopper I bought on ebay a few years back. The line stopper will facilitate running my lines aft.