Mild Winters

It might have been a mild winter by some standards, but if you are trying to cover a 62 foot schooner hull with four layers of resin and cloth, then the winter becomes one that is anything but mild. The wind has calmed and we are grateful for that. On one windy day the dome covering the entire boat almost blew off into the air, sixty knots I was told, the air went in from the bottom, like blowing up the skirts on Marilyn Monroe.  Thanks to the men in the yard for anchoring the white dome -They must have had to use machines to place the heavy blocks that now hold down the structure. Parts of the wood supports were broken up but within a couple of days it was braced with 1 x 3's.  Thank goodness there is a god for fishermen. No damage done.  If the warmth keeps up the glass will go on quicker, the mat-cloth will unroll by the yards. March sometimes surprises us and we have a calm and quiet one. In like a lamb-out like a lion. or is it the other way - was March 1 a windy, cold one? Dave has been living for weeks at a time in a motel room like a homeless man, he hates it. There was the stomach flu this winter that seemed to keep people at home and we did have a few freezing days were work was impossible, but I'd have to say that all in all it's been very mild. There was a touch of snow a few days ago, it snowed for three hours and was gone in the next three. Mild yes, but also long and lonely.