Joanna caught us as we were (attempting to) dock.
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Gives a good idea of scale. This was an iPhone snap; I toned it a little.
Category Archives: Centennial
Another pic; I’m as bad as a new parent.
As Mark Best tells us, it is every boat-owners dream to get their boat in the water before Labor Day.
Afloat. Finally.
And not taking on any water (as far as I can tell). (There’s a boat across the channel, a little powerboat, that has a bilge pump that kicks off every five or ten minutes; Centennial is drier than that, for … Continue reading
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OMG! Hundrety-leven! Centennial is all put together.
Wow, there’s a sailboat. We contracted for mast-hoisting service, they showed up, and everything went together from there. The stays were all the correct length, and all the turn-buckles pinned in fine. The ropes were correctly run. The wires all … Continue reading
Oh, man. Finally done.
And there it is, all painted. In person, the bottom paint doesn’t look as red as it does here; more coppery. And less blotchy, actually. The copper in the paint makes the camera go kinda’ nutty. I am so pleased … Continue reading
The bottom-painting begins
This is actually an HDR composite of 3 bracketed shots. It’s not a perfect job, but it was my first HDR, and it was done quickly. Went down and started painting the bottom (no, ‘bottom-painting’ does not involve a submissive … Continue reading
Leeboards are back on
Sam and his buddy came by and helped us get the leeboards back up. It was a lot easier than taking them down, and not just because we had two more people helping; this time we used the ropes that … Continue reading
Things always seem to slow down near the finish line
This week wasn’t one of many accomplishments on the Centennial front. There were other, real-life things that took up time, and the one visit to Curtice didn’t accomplish much. We did get our Ohio boat registration sticker. Even that seemed … Continue reading
That’s quite a change, isn’t it?
Over the weekend we were able to get the shrouds, stays and halyards back onto the mast. The new leather on the shrouds looks great, and the halyards are cleaner. I’d post a pic, but I left my camera in … Continue reading