Ever have one of those days where despite your best attempts, despite your careful attention to precise execution, nothing seems to go as planned? We have a lot of those days on Ceol Mor.
Kitty's most recent frustration was do to her desire build a drum kit which kept slipping on the slick table causing her to drop her groove. Some days, we feel exactly the same way kid.
My most recent frustrations were due to the wind picking up after being dead calm as I laid out painted panels to dry and my never ending on going battle with my sewing machine which I am pretty convinced is intelligent, cognizant and for some reason is very, very angry with me. Mark's frustration of the day (he gets daily ones) is the routing of hot and cold pressurized water lines.
It seems the industry standard for plumbing runs is to just shove the hose in any available space and call it good. Since we want to maximize the space in the boat, keeping everything tidy so we can utilize every single centimeter of space and since Mark is Captain Perfecto and therefore can not sleep until he manages to execute a complete redesign of all the systems to a level of perfection never before seen except on nuclear class subs, its slow going. Just planning out and beginning the install of the hot and cold pressurized lines ate up a good 2 days and its still ongoing.
Our pace is also slowing down a bit due to the heat. Whether you call it 32c or 94f its essentially the same thing. Freaking hot and its only going to get worse.In a vain attempt to keep the boat at a tolerable level while we work, we have installed our awesome boom tent. By awesome, I mean completely Red Neck fabulous. I would love to have one of these Ronstan Air Arch or one of these Shade Tree but at around $700 for either of them, our $50 TP version starts to look really good. If I just can learn to play Dueling Banjos on the banjo, I think I can convince the marina neighbors its a stylistic themed choice. All we lack are old tires for fenders and an old green sofa on the foredeck and we are good to go.
In other news of progress, the "varnish lady" has been hard at work applying the varnish to the new teak and holly sole in the master cabin. Due to that particular piece of mill work being on the spendy side, we opted to hire someone who does varnish every single day to finish it. Mark will let me varnish exterior stuff because it doesn't matter how perfect or imperfect it is, you are going to have to redo it sooner rather than later anyway but interior stuff requiring a bit more control and finesse? Best to hire it out. I figure I will post a photo when its done, instead of taking shot after shot as each layer is applied. That would be sort of like watching paint dry. No actually, it would be EXACTLY like watching paint dry.
My most recent frustrations were due to the wind picking up after being dead calm as I laid out painted panels to dry and my never ending on going battle with my sewing machine which I am pretty convinced is intelligent, cognizant and for some reason is very, very angry with me. Mark's frustration of the day (he gets daily ones) is the routing of hot and cold pressurized water lines.
It seems the industry standard for plumbing runs is to just shove the hose in any available space and call it good. Since we want to maximize the space in the boat, keeping everything tidy so we can utilize every single centimeter of space and since Mark is Captain Perfecto and therefore can not sleep until he manages to execute a complete redesign of all the systems to a level of perfection never before seen except on nuclear class subs, its slow going. Just planning out and beginning the install of the hot and cold pressurized lines ate up a good 2 days and its still ongoing.
Our pace is also slowing down a bit due to the heat. Whether you call it 32c or 94f its essentially the same thing. Freaking hot and its only going to get worse.In a vain attempt to keep the boat at a tolerable level while we work, we have installed our awesome boom tent. By awesome, I mean completely Red Neck fabulous. I would love to have one of these Ronstan Air Arch or one of these Shade Tree but at around $700 for either of them, our $50 TP version starts to look really good. If I just can learn to play Dueling Banjos on the banjo, I think I can convince the marina neighbors its a stylistic themed choice. All we lack are old tires for fenders and an old green sofa on the foredeck and we are good to go.
In other news of progress, the "varnish lady" has been hard at work applying the varnish to the new teak and holly sole in the master cabin. Due to that particular piece of mill work being on the spendy side, we opted to hire someone who does varnish every single day to finish it. Mark will let me varnish exterior stuff because it doesn't matter how perfect or imperfect it is, you are going to have to redo it sooner rather than later anyway but interior stuff requiring a bit more control and finesse? Best to hire it out. I figure I will post a photo when its done, instead of taking shot after shot as each layer is applied. That would be sort of like watching paint dry. No actually, it would be EXACTLY like watching paint dry.
Oooooo a whole blog about about watching paint dry. I think we found the next big thing!
ReplyDeleteI think I seriously need to make a blog that does just that and commercialize the heck out of it. ;)
DeleteI would completely drive Mark crazy. I refinished my own hardwood floors, complete with varnish, in all three bedrooms and some day I'll have to do the dining room. I figured it would not be perfect, but that after about 6 months of living with it, none of the imperfections would be seen since it would all start blending together. I was right. On the other hand, you can see how I have backed myself into a corner by doing stuff like this. When will I get to pay someone else to watch my paint dry?
ReplyDeleteGot to love the boom tents, and hey, don't knock outdoor furnishings. There may be a day when that old green couch on the deck will come in right handy. When that day comes, let me know and I'll lend you a couple of chickens to complete the ensemble. Around here people leave those on until summer, then off they come. The rest of the year, it's rain they are shielding us from.
Also, love the drum tantrum. That's a girl I could get down on the floor with and have a good old fashioned fit. We could do it together, get it out of our systems. I need to find me a three year old who can give me good video content.
CHICKENS! Now we are talking! Leave it to you to take an idea and run with it to its fruition. Yes, what we need are chickens...
DeleteFor what it's worth, I think it's a good idea to take care with the pressure water. It's pressurized (or for the Scottish fellow, "pressurised") after all, meaning it's under strain and may at some point leak. So ease of access, length of runs, care to avoid chafe and ease of access (did I say that already?)are in fact important, like putting drip bends in wire runs before the connection.
ReplyDeleteOne day you will find water in the bilges, perhaps a lot of it. You'll taste the water and if it's fresh, you'll remember the care taken to solve the plumbing. If it's salt, you'll have a different problem!
Rhys, so you really and truly think Mark has not considered this? lol Why do you think the planning of the pressurized water system has taken 3 months. Subsea engineer- considering pressure is his specialty. ;)
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