Tim and I are at the Classic Yacht Association rendezvous in Seattle this weekend. A nice guy airdropped this photo he took of Merva coming into Bell Harbor. You can see the big Ferris wheel in the background.
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Preparing For The Bell Harbor Rendezvous
I’m getting Merva ready for the Bell Harbor Rendezvous. It starts next Friday. Merva is starting to look good. Can’t wait to do the decks and covering boards in the fall. I really like working on her – she is such a lovely boat. Exterior is gloss but the wheelhouse except for the countertop is…
Sounder, Covering Board
Sounder The replacement sounder arrived today. It was already configured for the same transducer so all I had to do was plug it in and see if it works – and it did. This confirmed that the original sounder was no longer working – despite outwardly looking fresher. It was hard tossing the old one…
Signal Flags
Turned the mast into a flag pole with the help of some thin rope and a bit of hardware. Still determining what the masthead flag will be but leaning to an owl based pennant. Also using this to raise the ceremonial signal flag line I created. I plan to store the signal flag line by…
Pendor Harbour Days
Took Merva up to the ‘Pender Harbour Days’ event as part of the celebration of maritime history. It was a bit of a rush to get the boat in reasonably good shape. Glad I did it.