Just for Mike (Figment)

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:41 pm

Mike wrote:I gotta ask, how is it that the icebox hatch has survived all of this cockpit work?

Just for you.

I remembered the real reason I hadn't got around to it. When I was working on the cockpit before I still had an icebox. Then when I didn't have an icebox I wasn't working on the cockpit.

-Britton

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:48 pm

oh, stop it. I'm blushing.

Post by **Tim** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:30 am

Get a room, you two!

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:01 pm

Another one for Mike.

I need to do a little preventative maintenance on the rudder so I didn't paint that bit. Maybe it looks faster with the black rudder anyway.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:56 pm

The black rudder is very sporty.

Post by **Tim** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:35 am

bcooke wrote: Maybe it looks faster with the black rudder anyway.

Sorry, no.

jollyboat · Post by **jollyboat** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:52 am

Damn, Forum regulars always have their secret languages!
Britton - is the current state of boat? Lookin' Good.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:33 pm

Mike doesn't like black bottoms on sailboats and has mentioned it to me on more than one occasion :-) He shares boat storage with a sea of powerboats, all with black bottoms, which probably influences his predjudices.

Yes, that is the boat's current condition. Since I post to the blog fairly regularly I haven't felt the need to double post all the pictures here.

It looks like the boat is still on schedule for topcoat- deck and hull- next week. Then I have a mad dash to close it all in and get all this stuff out of my basement and onto the boat. It should change from a 'project boat' to 'ready-to-sail' look in a couple weeks. Cosmetically, that is. She is still a way from next springs launch. On schedule but a ways away..

Tim Mertinooke · Post by **Tim Mertinooke** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:20 pm

Will you be keeping the boat on Plum Island Sound?

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:22 pm

No, I can't find a mooring that I can get to from shore.

I was looking around Casco Bay, Saco was suggested, Salem MA is always an option but I might be working for a marina in Newburyport so having the boat there might make the most sense although I am not crazy about the Merrimac.

Its all up in the air at the moment.

Tim Mertinooke · Post by **Tim Mertinooke** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:00 pm

bcooke wrote:I am not crazy about the Merrimac.

I hear ya. On the other hand, you will be able to say your triton goes nine knots...over land.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:08 pm

Perhaps with some racing stripes the rudder could be the Feature.

Who was it that posted the pic of the bottom with a bunch of fish painted on it in various colors of leftover antifouling? Now THAT was sporty!!