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Friday morning I woke up to see 1.5 degrees F on the thermometer. I realized quickly that tapping the digital thermometer won't check to see if it is wrong.

Today it is 65 and sunny! Life is good...

The boat is coming along after the crash with the log this past fall. The yard has re-assembled the running gear, and the only thing left will be the in water alignment. When it is all done, and the bills are settled, I will post the results etc. Pretty staggering when it is all done I think.

On another note, the yard had quoted me $5000 to replace the backing plate on the port side, unaffected by the crash. Dick, I remember you saying it was a sucker free week!

I pulled off the backing plate and removed the strut hardware in under an hour (yup, it was that bad) and ground down the glass to a clean surface back around christmas time. I went back a month or two ago, and found a big crack in the hull under the strut, that must have come from a previous owner, as I hadn't ever hit anything with that side! I ground out the crack a couple weeks ago, and hit our first burst of warm weather over this past weekend. Sunday I went wild with the glass and resin and installed a few layers of biaxial, with the 1" backing plate per Patrick's guidelines, and then 3 more layers of biaxial, and it really came out nice.

All I have to do is drill out the holes, fill with epoxy, re-drill bolt holes, paint, and install the hardware.

This weather is beautiful...

Dug

Its been 82 and sunny down here since well, last year.

Dang... Its only 78 here.. But you know I guess Ill put on a tee shirt.
Wayne

Supposed to hit 70 today!

And you guys are cheating, and you know it. Florida and San Diego don't count when you are talking warm weather. Any more than Louisiana or Texas.

They are supposed to be warm!

Wait till the weekend. YUCK

The good weather always comes midweek!

They are supposed to be warm!

Thus the reason for living here.

I guess I'm ahead of the curve for once.

Bruce,

You are ahead of the curve more than behind in my experience. For real.

A high of 72. In March. In NE. Nice day outside.

Probably an equal # of grosbeaks up here though...The cold keeps them inside at least for a few months a year...

call me in august and we'll discuss the weather

Whats the area code ova there?
I figure itll be bout the same 78deg. here.
God willing
Wayne

wayne....lived in santa barbara for 5 years so im fimiliar with the concept... (also familiar with the backside of the channel islands...specially santa cruz)....remark was aimed more at the southern contingent who will be thanking god for air conditioning on august nights while im lookin for a flannel shirt

Just turnin the screws,
Randal... Im a snow bird from wayyy back .. U know the (walk to school thru 10ft of snow uphill 10miles both ways.?) also know the south quite well too. Ft Polk LA.
Can you say" take 2 salt tables & drive on?"
Wayne

TABLETS....

Tigerland?

EVERY MAN A TIGER

Weather guessers say snow tomorrow. It was lovely while we had it!

JP, you are right. Yuck!

And Randall you are right. Not long before the AC complaining...

D

Dug:

THanks for the weather jinx -- when you open your car door saturday and all the snow falls out of it, remember me, cause I'll be the one that put it there.

Tom

Here's a link if you guys don't have one. From time to time I compare this with some of the other pay weather services for offshore forecasts. More times than not if there is a discrepancy this is the one that's wrong.


http://www.erh.noaa.gov/

If I want the inshore forecast I go here
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/phimz.htm

Offshore here

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/ ... m#atlantic

The one I trust most is Bouyweather.com you put it the # and it prints it out with wave and current, sal of the water, sst, wind and its cheap.

That's the stick we measure the rest from. If its says stay home, stay home.