1st stop - Bacons ! No - not breakfast - a used marine things place. I really didn't need anything here - but needed to get in the shopping mood. A great place to find treasures for old boats and get a deal. I found another bronze cleat to match the one on the bow, a nice 16' hunter green nylon sail sausage bag, a light for the binnacle box, a #15 triangle sail needle and some waxed lined thread for the ditty bag, some bolts for the bowsprit.
Next stop - Okume plywood from Chesapeake Light Craft . So glad to see this business thriving! Denise and I used to sail Windmill's with CLC founder John and his dad Dyer a decade ago. Such a cool place - there were a half dozen folks working on stitch and glue dinghys - very rewarding work. My dock neighbor Tim - Tartan 30 Wyndham - built his pram dinghy there - so cool. Tim stopped by Sunday - we talked woodwork - I told him about the NOVA labs maker space wood shop, he told me about the Washington Woodworkers Guild - fun stuff.
On to Fawcetts for some West systems epoxy 105/205 and pumps, fiberglass cloth, 3M filler, Epiphanes gloss varnish, flares to replace the expiring ones. ll be back for silicone bronze wood screws,, bronze fitting replacement for the edson diaphram pump, that whale 3mm bilge pump, etc... - actually this will be my goto place for all things marine. Really neat place - great inventory, great prices.
I really was hoping to find some Smiths CPES - so swung by West Marine to check out their penetrating epoxy - nah - not what I want. I really dont like to shop here - their prices were 15% to to 20% higher on every item I had just bought at Fawcetts.
And finally I stopped by a large sign shop - didnt get the name, but did get to chat up the folks about a source for MDO board - which I might use for the coaming boxes. I asked the guy why it stands up tpo the weather. He said it has no air voids - so doesn't delaminate. He pointed me to Harbor Sales - on the Eastern shore in Sudleyville. I'll swing by on my next trip to Bohemia to help Rich with his Dickerson 36.
No CPES - so I called. Talked to Steve Smith - nice dude - he said to call with any questions. He pointed me to rotdoctor.com, I called them on the ride home- 2 gallon kit will arrive Friday.
When I got to the boatyard it was already 5. I removed 2 more eyebrows, 4 more to go. I dont get it. The cocpit aft eyebrow had (2) #12 x 2" screws every 6 inches. AND they were set in 5200. The eyebrows are just ornamental - they have no other purpose - 6 or 8 screws would have held them just fine - there were 26. We are removing the eyebrows permanently. We love the look - but these suckers are the the cause of most of the rot issues. And the cockpit eyebrows just dig into your back - adios!
OK. more small items tomorrow while I wait a week for the Prestone to dry and the CPES to arrive.
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