SWALLOW floats engineless in a slip at Port Townsend. I'm happy to be afloat but frustrated being tied to a dock. Dock life is expensive and doesn't provide the solitude I crave. As I write this a beeping electronic alarm on a neighbor boat intrudes the quiet peace of the morning. (I checked and if … Continue reading Want to cut the docklines
SWALLOW is back on the water! Even though I was on the waiting list to launch I was floating at 1045am. https://www.instagram.com/scoobscobie/p/BwuzZQwBWtQ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=be5urmcfd1lk The good luck of an early launching didn't hold as the outboard acted up and the motor when back into the shop. Last December I found the motor would cold start just fine … Continue reading Splash
SWALLOW's bottom painting is done! This is the last 'large task'! Now to finish a few small things as I wait for the barrier coat, applied to protect the keel's steel shoe, to cure: 120 hours (five days) because of the 50-degree mid-April days. Bottom painting isn't the only work being done: Fixing, painting and … Continue reading Busy in the boat yard
