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    Spaulding Boatwerks has asked me to move Litlgull elsewhere.
    Moving the boat next door to the Arquez marina is not possible.
    It is full of derelict houseboats and others. It looks unchanged
    from 25 years ago when I left with the Ariel. Can't believe It's
    been that long! And will I still be able to skipper the dream??

    Either back to SanRafael or elsewhere, It's just as sticky to leave
    where we're not wanted, as it has been to make all the illadvised
    changes that robbed me of decades sailing the oceans.

    I think Chris must have made a tacit promise to Hasse that the
    sails would be rigged to the boat. I will try to get him to do thar
    before I leave.
    There is a tangle of halyards at the mast that have routes secret
    to me.. I installed a couple cheekblocks at the masthead for a
    runged ladder idea, that now will be halyarded.
    Also the watermaker has not been proofed. Stuff I've been
    reminded I still must pay for.
    This while being scurried away like garbage. They do bottom
    jobs and minor repairs as main income. And, now that Covid's
    in decline the tourists are back. Troops of kids. And there is a
    fleet of Pelicans being assembled inside the shop of laser-cut
    parts and fiberglass. Spaulding has more important things to do.

    I also let Chris order a Facnor bowsprit for me, still in the works,
    no idea when it will arrive presumably from France. No feedback
    from the chief. Should have done it myself, but thought it was
    good form to have Spaulding handle it.

    Wherever we end up, it'll be developing a new s.s. plate 'extension'
    that will stick out forward of the original bowfitting to support both
    the anchor roller AND the center of the Facnor pole sprit..

    Decided on a new Pulpit, the old out of round, crushed in front
    and crooked, not yet ordered. Have to make an exact pattern
    because I would like to do the impossible, that is to move the
    aft leg bases to the bulworks and the front legs to the molded
    toerail -- sans the bulwork for warp chocks-- in effort to claim
    more wiggle-room to position the sprit and anchor gear.
    Uninterrupted access on the hard will make it easier and sooner
    done.. .. .. if I stay fit!

    There will be more on the SunPower Flex panels that will hang
    to the hard rails.

    Never imagined how difficult it is to fit reality, per se, into a dream.
    Last edited by ebb; 07-01-2021 at 09:34 AM.

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