Chip Ford's 1974 Catalina 22 Restoration Project
Sail #3282  l  Marblehead, Massachusetts

The never-ending project to fill my hole in the ocean while bailing it out

- The 2006 Haul-Out -
October 26, 2006
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Wow, more than I expected to find -- hell, the entire top of the ceramic base was exploded!  I thought there'd be some evidence, carbon starring, whatever, but this stunned me.  The lightning strike "theory" has been exploded as well.  I'm just glad I wasn't aboard when it occurred -- or even around to see it -- or it would have been "launch the lifeboat!"  (Oct. 26. 2006)

The deck connector -- lightning strike?

What's uncomfortable with this shot?  Something about the angle ...  something about the angle . . .    (Oct. 28. 2006)

Yikes, it's pulling away from the trailer.

I'll have to worry about this for next year.

The "grass" growing upon Chip Ahoy's bottom is troublesome, but what to do ... it's aft-heavy.  It's growing where there isn't bottom paint.
More of that.
A new "water-line" perhaps?
The 2006 Sailing Season has ended

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