Perno a lo loco...

As the title suggests I have been bolting things down on deck like crazy! With the seasons starting to change the rains and storms will soon be on their way so I have really been trying hard to get the boat buttoned up as soon as possible. Obviously not everything can be bolted down with just myself but almost everything that could be I have done in the past week. The best part about bolting tons of things down is that you really start to see things coming together, and you can stand back and in-vision what sailing it is going to be like. I also went in to West Marine on Friday and picked up my new V-berth flexible water tank. With the intentions of building a long term blue water voyaging boat and having to carry large volumes of water, this was about the only option for a boat of my size. The new tank is 31 gallons so hopefully I will be able to find a spot for another tank under the cockpit. Hopefully I can get a tank that's at least 25-30 gallons. This will put me around the 60 gallon mark for totally water tank capacity, which is what Don has advised me to shoot for. Of coarse I will be trying to engineer a rain water collection solution for my boat but with a total of 60 gallons of fresh water I should be able to make any passage without really having to worry about water. I have been thinking about what I'm going to do for fittings and and supply lines for the water system and while at Lowe's the other day I came across some really cool fittings that are push together type fittings. I do believe that they're call Shark Bite fittings...not sure though? They work with polyurethane pipe which is really easy to work with. As I come closer to putting in the water tanks I'll go into further detail into how things work out. As for now I will post up some pictures from things I've been bolting down this week. So as always I wish you all only the best everyday. Have a great day!

-Jesse

P.S.-Getting a huge glob of 5200 in your hair is not the most desirable thing to do in the world...Just sayin

Wenches getting bolted down

Chain plates

A look back from the bow

Life lines starting to get bolted down

Travelers

Rudder assembly

A look at the overall of the boat

The mess that is building a boat...haha

Chainplate backing plates

Chainplates

Mast plate and hinges getting put in

Bow rail and cleat going in.