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!%#$#$! Weather
120V AC Outlets - More Delays
120V AC Outlets. Still?
2011 Launch Goal Set
2011 Spring Launch Announced!
2012 Countdown Begins
24 Hour West Marine?
@!%%#$# Sick
A Fine Looking Cockpit
A Little Progress in a Lot of Places
AC Mains are Live, Charger Works!
Adding a Cranking Battery
All Hail the Footman Loop
Almost Water-Tight
Almost... There...
And the chainplates are...
As the AwlGrip draws near...
AwlGrip is Amazing, and Gelcoat is Great!
Big Sail Today
Bilge Pump Plans Coming Together
Blister Repair: The Saga Continues
Blister Repairs III - Still Going
Blue Sea Sub Panels
Bow Hatch Installation
Building a Custom NavPod Instrument Housing?
Busy Weekend Coming Up
Chartplotter Selected
Christmas in May
Cockpit Drain Fittings are Cracked
Cockpit Drain Fittings Repaired... Cheap!
Cutting out Backing Plates
Day of Great Progress
Deck Core Progress!
Digging the New Drains
Don't Forget to Check for Cooling Water!
Don't Let This Happen To You
Electrical Day
Electrical Planning: Wiring Schedule
Fairing Compound and the Evil Tarp Monster
Fast Blister Repair Using West Six/10 Epoxy
Fighting to Launch
FINALLY!
First Oil Change
First Section of Deck Installed!
Fog and Rain Slowing Me Down
Fuel Fill Frustration
Fuel Tank Frenzy
Fuel Tank Installation
Getting Back On Track
Grinding the Keel
Harken Outboard Furling Blocks
Hello World!
How Hard is it to Replace Paneling?
I am vibrating...
Installing the CO2 Detector
Instrument Networking
Interior Progress
It's Alive!
It's Always Something...
Laugh, Cry, or Scream?
Launch Date? What Launch Date?
Let There Be Wires!
Listening to the Voices on the Wind
Making Progress on the Bow Hatch
Making Wiring Plans
Marching Towards the Launch...
Mast Step Removed
May I never see another screw...
Milestone Reached, but Short of Expectations
Milestone: She'll Float
More Delays
More progress on the Instrument Housing
My Cradle is Too Small?!?!?
Nav Light Delays
Nav Lights Installed
Nearing the End of the Balsa
New DC Main Panel Has Arrived
New Lifelines Installed
New Panels, New Controls
New Settings and New Priorities
New VHF Driving Me Crazy!
Nit Picking in the Cold
Paint Test
Pedestal Progress - Steering and Transmission
Playing with the Mast
Prepping for New Windows
Primary Winches Need a New Pad
Progress on the AC System
Ravat Proudly Wearing Her Name
Ravat's New Bottom
Refinishing the Teak Trim
Replacement Bushings / Grommets for Stanchions
Sailing in Some Big Waves
Scooping the Goop
Scratching and Itching... Like CRAZY.
Securing the Bilge Pump Hose
Serious Productivity, and Un-Productivity
Singlehanded Sailing Milstone
Six/10 Blister Repair Part 2
Sometimes Work Can Wait
SPLASH! Ravat Is Launched!
Starboard Deck Work
Structural Integrity... Almost...
Surrendering My Launch Date
The Bow Pulpit is Back On!
The Cabin is Back Together!
The Chart Plotter Is Mounted!
The Lockers are In!
The Return of the Rudder
The Verdict is In...
The Windows Are In!
Thunderstorms, Heavy at Times. Really?
Time For a New Fuel Tank
Toe Rails Are Back!
Trying Out The Dodger
Two Steps Forward, One (mast) Step Back
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
VC-17 Submersion Window
Waffling on the Bow Pulpit Mount Paint
Water and Holding Tanks: Good News and Bad News
Water in the Bilge and Flatness on the Decks
Weekend Missions Accomplished
What is Up With the Spiders?
What's Left To Do?
When the Resin Meets the Hardener
When to Pull the Plug?
Where to Mount the Bilge Pump Switch?
Window Restoration: Disaster and Recovery
Windows are ordered...
Working Through the Through Hulls
Wrapping up the Rudder
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