It's almost 3:00AM and my jaw hurts from grinding my teeth. Can't sleep 'cause I'm worried about my baby. (Enter twang of country music in the background.) Either that, or I didn't have enough to eat for dinner, which sometimes causes the same symptoms. In either case I've been unable to think of much else besides getting the boat fixed and underway post-parting of the keel and parting the boat from Post.
Unconfirmed reports claim that the keel has been rebedded and the seam is soon to be glassed.
BoatUS sent a surveyor up to inspect the damage. He reported that there are "three areas that indicated possible damages that should be further checked out by sanding and grinding (if necessary), etc....
· One area located approx. 6” port side with the second area located approx. 6” starboard side of the vessels centerline. These areas are located near the after end of the sump.
· The third area is located along the radiussed corner in the sump (where the sump turns from vertical to the horizontal along the bottom) about midway between the leading and trailing edge."
The yard has been advised.
Meanwhile the pursuit of a name continues. The list of candidates fall into the following themes:
· Tattoo You blog post theme, brought to you by John Post and the Rolling Stones: Bigger Bang, Hot Rocks, Black and Blue, Emotional Rescue, Aftermath, and of course, Get Your Ya Ya's Out!
· The aftermath of my encounter with the Edson steering wheel nut: Edson, Shiner, and, as sister Elle suggested, Bruiser
· The grounding, brought to you by Jeff Munson: Dr. Shoals, Soundings, or "The Navigator was relieved for Cause" (which, he adds "might be too long to fit on the stern")
· This morning's musings: Shalemate, Post-Part'em, Rock Bottom.
But my latest candidate, which has floated to the top of the list, is Touchstone.
The next opportunity to herd all the Johns together for the delivery is the weekend of May 22nd. I'll go up a couple days earlier to ensure that the boat is sea-worthy, install the fresh water pump (with its new upper housing/switch bits), bilge pump and float switch, and various switches and circuit breakers on the electric panel. Then there's provisioning, filling of fuel jugs, etc. etc.
Right now I'm thinking that I should find something to eat so that I can go back to sleep.
Good night moon.
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