Ceilydh Set Sail

Evan has been off work for 32 days to work on the boat. Before that he worked 10-30+ hrs a week in the three months leading up to our haul out. I decided to compile a list of random stats so you can see how our month looked.

• Evan took 3 of the 32 days off.
• We averaged 3.5 people at the boat each day
• The largest one day work party was 6 people
• Except for the day we hauled, Evan never worked alone
  
• 12 different people came to the boat to help us out - most worked more than 4 days
• Leighton was at the work site the most frequently, working around 20 days
• We removed approximately 500 lbs when we took off the old structure
• We added back about 1200 lbs including the diesel
  
• We went through a 55 gallon drum of epoxy
• We used up 250 yards of fibreglass and 16 sheets of 4X8" foam core
  
• It rained on 5 days out of the 32
  
• Evan bought 30 icecream bars for our helpers
• We drank 14 cases of beer and cider and 3 bottles of tequila
• I made meals for 6 or more 14 times
• I made meals for 10 or more 4 times
• Dousing your body liberally with baby powder before grinding fibreglass, then showering with cold water is the best way to combat the itch
  
• Three other methods were tried first
• I did 10 loads of fibreglass dust covered laundry
• Washing each load twice is the trick
  
• We put 20x our normal monthly mileage on the car
• We used 2 grinders, 3 sanders, 2 drills, 1 jigsaw, 2 skillsaws, 1 reciprocating saw and 1 chainsaw
  
• We went through 4 chainsaw blades, dozens of jigsaw blades, 8 grinding discs and 50 sanding discs
  
• The only paid professional help we had was the crane operator for lowering and lifting the mast and a machinist who machined our prop coupling
• Many of our helpers are computer geeks, who needed the business end of a power tool pointed out
  
• We have taken 4 rolls of slide film and a few hundred digital pictures
• Evan had 3-4 demoralizing days and only 2-3 minor setbacks
  
• Between us we averaged 8 hours less sleep a night than normal
• Maia gave up her bed to guests for 10 nights
  
• Evan and I are still talking