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2018-06-03 15:01:44

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I know, I know... a few months ago I was complaining about it being too cold to lay up laminate. Well, not it's too hot. Life is hard! ;)

I have no idea what the ambient temperature was inside the shed but the surfaces (cabin top and cockpit coaming) where around 40 degrees C. That's too hot for this Viking! ;)

I was hoping I could have finished laying up glass this weekend but no such luck. My highest priority this summer is to finish the last of the jobs that require Athena to be indoors (painting the deck and the osmosis treatment). I believe I can still accomplish those but it's going to be very unpleasant if this weather keeps up.

Alas, all is not lost :) Because I didn't put in as many hours aboard Athena this weekend I've had time to figure out most of the new deck hardware. Everything should start arriving shortly. That should make for some cool packages to open :) I've also come up with a plan for the next couple of months. It looks like we'll be laying up glass under the waterline and applying primer when Ava is here. I'm sure she'll enjoy that :)

I hope you've all had an awesome weekend :)

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