Spring break in Oregon and spring break in Hawaii, meant it's time to see the grandkids and take in some sun on the beach. So we flew this time all out to Oahu to visit the grandkids. We also visited our future home for Carol-Marie at Ko'Olina (http://www.koolinamarina.com). The marina staff were very nice and walked us around the facilities. We also had a chance to visit the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve on Oahu. The preserve was re-established by the City and County of Honolulu in the 1990's after recognizing the damage done by years of neglect and abuse by allowing some three million visitors annually. The plan they came up with now implemented is centered around a Marine Education Center in August 2002. Additionally they restricted the number of visitors a day, and invitied volunteers to help patrol the beach to educate visitors and snorkelers. Hanauma now has a site where its education program flourishes. A short video welcomes residents and visitors, encouraging them to join staff and volunteers as stewards of this precious gift of Hanauma and other living reef environments they may visit.
I worked with the grandkids on guitar, although I think he's going to have to get a little bigger before we progress to a real guitar.
Once we got back I worked on installing the new TV antenna. It wasn't as hard as I thought going together fairly easily, and routing turned out to only take an hour.
Hayden Island Canvas finished the BBQ cover and it got mounted over the weekend too. It's odd that it sits on the T-rail track but on the outside track will be over the water.
The car rail too is coming along nicely. Sanding, and prep are everything in getting the brightwork done properly. We have decided to use Bristol Epoxy to coat the rail. According to the staff at Columbia Marine Exchange the two part epoxy won't yellow, crack or buckle and has a 10 yr life. I was never a fan of Cetol, but after 2 Catalina's with teak trim and the Norsea 27 which had as much teak as the Hans per square inch, I am tired of varnishing every year.
We swung by West Marine and found a match to our broken spreader light. My co-skipper couldn't wait to get everything fixed. Jim and I hoisted her up to the spreader over the weekend to scope out what will be needed to install the new light.
What she is actually doing is taking some pictures of the broken light so we know what tools we will need to install it next weekend. Here's the photo's she took while she was up there.
Broken light
looking down
Hopefully this week the new sails come from Lee Sails. We are waiting on the new mainsail to make the new mainsail cover which will complete the canvas work.
