When we came home from the mountains the first thing I did was to check on the boat. The boat cover didn’t look good at all and the wind was blowing really hard. I decided then and there to take down the cover completely to avoid any damage. Today I rebuilt the cover while enjoying the sun and calm weather.

There are still boats at the club that need attention before the next bad weather arrives in a couple of days, hard winds and lots of snow is promised.

Inlägget Clearing up after ’Johannes’ dök först upp på Lars Ericsson.

This is what has happened:

1. Sanded the table to remove the old varnish. Had to be careful to not damage the plywood.
2. Added a covering layer of clear varnish hoping to get more even color when adding the stained varnish.
3. Added a couple of layers of stained varnish with light sanding in between.

Next step is to add two layers of clear varnish, I’m happy with the amount of warmth and color in the table as it is now.

Compare it to how it looked when I started.

Inlägget Work on the cockpit table progressing dök först upp på Lars Ericsson.

I had two things on my todo list:

1. Check the batteries.
2. Finish the covering of the boat.

The solar cell was having a good time in the sun gathering energy for the batteries. Not that much sun was needed, the batteries were already full.

Most of the boat was covered since many weeks back, what needed to be done was close off fore and aft. Before I closed off fore and aft I took the time to enjoy the view, it will be at least five months until I can start thinking of removing the boat cover again.

Inlägget Finishing the winter boat cover dök först upp på Lars Ericsson.