Today I went to Fisheries to buy the interior paint as well as return the defective outboard fuel line. I picked up the supplies and then headed off to Canal Boat yards on the Ballard cut. I think of my great grandfather that was a wood worker on ships here in Ballard as well as in Alaska. One hundred years later I'm working on my own boat in the same part of town.
I found the boat yard and walked through the chained off gate. A J-29 was getting its bottom pressure washed and I could smell the distinct smell of the sound. I located the office, walked in and scheduled a week to complete the bottom. I will be in the yard from May 13th through the 17th. After this I will be very close to splashing Blizzard.
In the office I ran into another old friend Denny Johnson. I remember Denny from my past, he was the father of my sister's best friend Shannon. Denny an icon from Seattle yacht club runs the Portage Bay, the local committee boat. While in community college I worked three jobs, Fisheries Supply (sailboat hardware specialist), I taught sailing at CYC of Leschi which later became Sail Sand Point, and I set bouys for the races off Elliott bay for the Seattle Yacht club and Denny was my boss. Early dating I used to take my wife out to set bouys on Friday nights. It is like this is all meant to be...Now for the preparation for the yard time, here comes May quick.
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