[Rhodes22-list] tarp support

[Steve Alm]

Brad,
Off-season projects are nice--they keep you on or at the boat anyway.
It's still lousy weather here for at least another week.
Slim

On 10/10/02 8:02 AM, "brad haslett" <flybrad@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Slim, I should have mentioned that one of my winter
> projects is to remove the sails and send them off for
> cleaning.  Got a quote from SailCare for $235.
> Therefore, I plan to store the mast and ginny on some
> sawhorses.  After seeing Anne's boat at KY Lake I got
> encouraged about polishing the shine back to mine but
> after experimenting came to the conclusion that there
> isn't enough paint left to work with and there's
> several nicks & scrapes that need to be repaired and
> won't match.  I bought some Interlux Brightside
> polyurethane topside paint and am now reading through
> Don Casey's sailboat repainting book.  The PVC
> substitute for a mast will allow me to remove the
> whole cover quickly and easily to work on those
> pleasant Winter days (they really do exist in some
> parts). Also, Casey says to do it right you should
> remove and re-rebed all deck hardware which means the
> stern rail and bow pulpit will have to be removed at
> some point.  I ordered a part I needed yesterday from
> GBI and confessed to Stan that if you count my time at
> 50 cents per hour I will easily exceed the cost of a
> re-cycled boat.  However, I enjoy the work and am
> getting very familiar with the construction and care
> of the boat.
> 
> Brad Haslett
> "CoraShen"
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More
> http://faith.yahoo.com
> _________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list