Wadden weekend

This weekend we went to the Waddenzee with some boats of the CTC. We did have a BBQ on Vlieland on low tide. We were very lucky with the wetter.
I did not do much on Thriller but Fetske did paint the upper side of the cradle last week and I bold it to the trailer. I only want to make two drain holes and then the carpet can be clued on it.

Painted the underside of the cradle

I had to work yesterday evening so I compensated a bit in the afternoon so I could paint the underside of the cradle. We can then turn it tomorrow and bold it to the frame so that Fetske can paint the topside Wednesday. We can put up the pace and compensate of our lost time in the weekends we did sail. 😎

Working on the trailer again

We did some sailing this weekend with Thrill Seeker and before and after I did some work on the trailer. I had to drill all the holes in the cradle to bold it to the frame, the holes were filled with epoxy to seal the wood from becoming wet. I also made some extra points were the cradle rest on the frame.  This week Fetske is going to do some painting of the cradle and it than can be bolted to the frame.

assembled the rudder parts

I took a hour off to assemble the rudder parts and buy some cable ducts. I had to buy some new ducts because I mounted them upside down 😢 and had to rip them out.

Just some friendly races and BBQ

This weekend we had some friendly races were the main activity is BBQ and campfire and we do some racing. We have no start boat but only the permanent marks of the IJsselmeer. We do not protest and the first boat who finish counts the time for the others I had the bad luck that I had to write twice😉

Painting various parts

Fetske did some painting of the beams so they are for now OK til they are assembled with the floats. Fetske did also some paint work on the rudder, she managed to clean of the wax with olive oil and the oil with soap. I sanded it yesterday and she painted it. Today I painted the rudder assembly again after installing it on its place. The bases of the navigation light did also get a first layer of paint. I also installed a U-bold for raising the mast.