Yesterday we loaded an 18 wheeler with timbers for next week's job on Swan's Island. We leave at 5 am ish from our shop, to catch the 9 o'clock ferry out of Bass Harbor. The barn is a five bent, two-dormered barn in Douglas Fir. I'm told the island has no public services and that we're staying in a 4000 sq. ft. log home while we work. I've never been out to that island. KT is going on some kind of island retreat for work in a few weeks on Isle au Haut.
Here is a silhouette of the sailboat. It is a Bristol Corinthian/19. 19'6.5" Bow to Stern. 6'6" beam. Drawing 2'9" and displacing 2800lbs. Designed by Carl Alberg, there were 712 produced between 1966 and 1980. She is rigged as a sloop. The trailer design has pretty much coalesced to involve a bow stop/winch assembly, a 1.5" thick plywood hull cradle in the front, a keel-rest of steel and carpet in the middle and two jack stands int he back. Now for the assembly.
In other news, everything is green green green. The seedlings are getting bigger and the garden is nearly ready to plant. We just have to do some spreading of horse manure and rototilling. The black flies are out, but not in full force yet. We had a very pleasant fire out back last night under clear skies and a full moon. It was so bright you could almost read by it.
That is all.
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