Boat Projects

Daniel Bigelow

May 16, 2024 — 1 min read

Today Warren and I redrilled the holes for the tiller on the boat. I made sure they lined up right and looked good.

I filled in all the cracks I had ground out with a filler compound. It shouldn't expand or contract so it should work good. It has a 6 minute work time, and a 20 minute dry time, so I had to work fast. I sanded it down and reapplied it in a few places.

I pulled off the old winches and filled the bolt holes. I wanted to also do the cleats, but the bolts weren't in great shape.

A sailboat sailing over calm waters. The water reflects the sails with soft waves rippling the reflection of the sails.

Sailing and Jazz game

Today was a busy day. Nikki and I slept in to 9 and then we got up and got everyone ready to go sailing. Mark was really helpful in getting ready and Warren got himself dressed, though he had to change both of his shirts around. We got to the

2/3 Christmas Decorations

We got a good portion of the Christmas decorations done. We did the fence, but there are three areas where the lights are out that I need to repair. I think only two of them are really noticable though. It's all looking good and ready for the new additions. We

TurkeyFest

Today we started off the day by setting up Christmas lights. It went pretty smoothly. Warren was a big help setting up the lake and wrapping the trees. We got probably about half way done. Which I think was pretty good. We seemed to have lost a net light, which

10 bags of leaves filled in the driveway.

All the Leaves are Gone

Nikki substituted for two different classes today, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. She had fun, and it was a short day so fairly easy and quick. After that she came home and her parents came over to help pick up leaves. They were pretty much just

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Sailing and Jazz game

2/3 Christmas Decorations

TurkeyFest

All the Leaves are Gone