Lori had to work and I wasn’t feeling all that great for some reason. I was suspicious of the empty bottle of Canadian Whiskey in our kitchen.
I was determined to get some work done on the boat today, I finally dragged myself out to the boat around 3pm to try and knock a few things off our list.
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The hull needed to be cleaned and waxed.
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Since we the water hose is too far away washing was a two bucket affair. One smaller bucket of soapy water and one larger bucket of clean water for rinsing. Strange sticky tar like chunks were hard to scrub off.
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Waxing went alright, I used rubbing compound to remove some of the more stubborn stains, it works amazing. The trigger for the power buffer is right where I like to grab to pick it up. I only sprayed wax on myself two times.
By 7pm I was tired and done. Quickly packed it and went home.
The final result is at the top of this post. Well worth it. But I wasn’t as productive as I wanted to be. Only port side is done, starboard is tomorrow’s project. It was a pain having to continually move the ladder. I’m going to bring a few 2x4s and try to build a scaffold across two ladders to see if it makes it easier.
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