Sunday March 25, 2012
I was not looking forward to going to the boat today since I was already slightly defeated from the small amount of work I had completed last week. At least I knew I’d be able to angle the sander all day today which meant I should get more accomplished and that made me feel a little better. Winds were whipping around in the 10-15 mph range and even after having Matt help me with the tarps I was still having issues.  It would blow into the areas where the tarp was overlapping,  catch it like a sail filling with wind and eventually start to pull the tape from the hull.  Not wanting to give up a full day of work I needed to find a way to get the tarp completely closed.  I had tried taping small sections together but it wasn’t doing much good and would just make it harder to take apart and put back together.  Knowing there wouldn’t be anything laying around the boat to do the job and not even wanting to make an attempt at a search to see if there was I stole the car keys from Matt to drive to the local dollar store.  Passing through the aisles of random things looking for laundry supplies (hardcover books for $1, what?!) I finally found the clothespins which I assumed would do the job and picked up a few boxes of 50 knowing they probably wouldn’t be the best of quality and I’d need to stock up.  Getting back to the boat I ripped opened a packed and started pinning all the openings shut.
When I was able to get inside and start on the actual work the area I had been sanding last week was now blocked by the wind and I’d be eating tarp if I wanted to work there. Â Moving on to the Port side, since I had the whole thing to do anyway, I started in the same stern area. Â The little bit of exercise my muscles and steroids last week must have been enough to strengthen a little bit because my arms were not as sore as the first time around. Â I could usually go three minutes before breaking and even then it would only be about thirty seconds before I got back to work. Â I worked hard and I worked all day. Â In the end it still feels like I didn’t get anything done. Â I’m going to have to bring out some big guns next time.
