It's a Wrap!

Velorum spent a good chunk of the summer without a cover so I could get things done on the hull/deck and most importantly, get the engine back in the boat.  It was actually pretty nice to have the cover off and I would often have my lunch in the cockpit while 'sailing' the local farmland.  Unfortunately, winters are tough in Central NH and I wanted to get the boat wrapped up before the weather turned.  Ideally, I would have had it done in late September, but the local mobile shrink wrapper (Scott Silva Shrink Wrapping) had an opening this past week, so I decided to get it done before his busy season started.  

I opted to pay for shrink wrapping for a number of reasons:

• The 25'x40' tarps and pipe frame cover was getting pretty beat up and I was worried it wouldn't last another year. 
• The metal pipe frame had a 2.5' flat spot on top and when heavy snow came, the frame would visibly sag.  I had a snow rake over at the boat, but if I was away for a weekend and we got snow, I risked having the frame collapse.
• The large frame was great for working since I had stand up headroom all the way forward on the boat, but it was a big target for the Northwest winds that whip through this area in the winter and I don't want the boat to fall over.
• It's a pain to tarp the boat, leave it to the pros.

Scott and his employee showed up at 9:30 and had the boat wrapped including a nice zippered door by lunchtime.  He did a fantastic job.  Hard on the wallet, but easy on me.  

I'm not done working on the boat for the season yet though.  While the weather is still warm, I'm focusing on glassing in an anchor locker floor and drain that tee's into the shower sump. Once that's completed, I'll get back to the task of installing the transmission and rough aligning the engine and shaft.