Random update
I’ll start by mentioning the places I didn’t go this week: Honolulu, HI and Canton, OH (thereby connecting those two iconic American cities for, perhaps, the very first time).
Canton and Honolulu share something: they both have newspapers that are combining. Happily, I won’t be having much to do with either project for now.
I didn’t have to go to Hawaii because those folks have their shit together enough to figure out how to merge papers using their current software on their own. I didn’t have to go to Canton because they’re so far behind that there wouldn’t be enough work for me to do. Either way, cool with me.
I’m planning on going to visit Centennial tomorrow. It’d be nice to get her in the water soon (meaning in a week or so), but, well, we’ll see. There isn’t much in the way of dropping her really, just a little paint touch-up. There is one project that I’d like to complete while she’s on dry ground, though.
There is a roughly square hole that goes right through the boat, the one that the engine pokes out through. At a glance it looks like a clever solution to the problem of fitting a motor, but reflection exposes an annoying flaw. To elaborate, the hole the motor sticks out through functions as a speed brake; it interrupts the smooth flow of water from stem to stern.
I am pretty sure that this is a big cause of my tacking woes. I have a sheet of copper on the way that I’m going to fashion into a fairing that will smooth over this opening. We’ll see.