Wednesday, December 26, 2012

still on the hard at Green Cove Springs...

well, here we are, still in Reynolds Park Yacht Center, hauled out, finishing up the last of the big projects...the bimini hardtop...it goes slow, with short days and cold weather...soon though we should be headed south...wishing everyone the best of adventures in the coming New Year..!!!


scarfing the 1/4" plywood

epoxied and roughed to size...

preliminary fitup...

handholds, viewport, holes filled, final epoxy and glassing

underside primed for final paint...

...much still has to be done, final paint, fitting up, installing track for side curtains and screens...

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Still Hauled out in Green Cove Springs...

...we are still on the hard at Reynolds Yacht center in Green Cove Springs, Fl...done are: new Doris Fish on bows, water tank rework and deck fills, new fuel tank, new rubrails, outdrive maintenance, new exhaust elbow, external field alternator and regulator, thruhull for galley seawater, and small things too numerous to mention;  still a few more projects to complete...hard bimini top, bottom paint, outboard maintenance, etc, etc.....another couple of weeks and then headed down south...it is getting cold here....!!

the best Doris Fish yet...!!









cutting deck joint groove in the recycled lumber...

not too bad for recycled milk jugs...




Tuesday, October 9, 2012

hauled out at Reynolds Park yacht center, Green Cove Springs, Florida

now we are hauled out for many projects...new rubrail, new fuel tank, galley salt water thruhull, deck water tank fills, outdrive maintenance, hard bimini, fresh bottom paint, and other things we don't even know we have to do...!!...we barely fit in the travel lift at Holland Marine...







Saturday, July 14, 2012

Green Cove Springs...

s/v Grace, with Doris, George, and Alice the cat, are presently in Reynolds Park Yacht center in Green Cove Springs, about 25 miles south of Jacksonville, fl.  we will probably be here for the summer hurricane season, work on the boat, and haul the boat to work on the outdrive and bottom...

tied to one of the old navy piers at Reynolds Park marina...mooring cleats are brutal!





Doris cruising the pier...




Wednesday, June 13, 2012

here in Stuart, Florida...

we are here in Stuart, Florida for another couple of weeks, then probably on to Jacksonville, Florida for the summer hurricane season...

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Bimini....

we have made it to Bimini...on to Florida in the next few days...George's computer has died so no position reporting or pictures until it gets fixed or replaced...:-(

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Georgetown, Bahamas

we made it to Georgetown, Bahamas...awaiting delivery of water pump for
the engine on friday, will probably stay until the end of the month to
see the Family Island Regatta, then begin to head north...

Monday, March 12, 2012

in the Bahamas....

well, here we are in Warderick Wells in the Exuma Park system in the Bahamas.  Internet has been pretty limited but check our position to see where we are, which is updated by radio whenever we move to a new place.