Labor Day Weekend 2009

Jennifer and I spent time on Karma Labor Day weekend. Karma was slipped at up the Great Wicomico River Marina. It was a beautiful weekend, the marina and restuarant was pretty busy.

Bottom Painting & Barrier Coating

This was a major event…still in progress

The materials

Here’s the deal:

Final prep the hull, wash down with solvent; sand; remove dust with another solvent wash down; apply 5 coats of an epoxy barrier coat, then 1 coat of bottom paint while each coat is still tacky.

Time and temperature dependent

Each coat requires about 45 minutes to apply and 3-5 hours to get to the recoat stage. Doing the math gives you about a 36 hour around the clock project…

The mixing tool: 1/2” drill, mixer and paint can lid (important)

Barrier coat applied

Still gotta do the same thing for the keel, rudder and under the jack stand pads. Except this time I’ll use straight epoxy instead of the Interlux 2000E barrier coat paint.

Bottom coat applied, waiting for round two.

Sailing on Argo

Argo is a 35 foot yawl that is owned by Brent. We went sailing on her today. This was Argo's first sail with her new owner.

Crusin' with Kelly and Michael

Kelly and Michael went on a day sail with me. The wind was up quite a bit in the bay so we went up the Great Wicomico River and had lunch till it layed down a bit. We did manage to get the sails up coming out and did a bit of river sailing.

I gave Michael the helm so he could get the feel of a sailing vessel.

Father's Day Cruise

It's difficult to get the whole family on a cruise with everyone's schedule this summer. I used Father's Day as the motivation for us all to cruise around the bay.
Autopilot sure is a nice feature.

Karma is way bigger than Short Run a Coronado 28. There's lots of room. Just look how relaxed Kelly is.

First Time as Captain of Karma

Needless to say I was very apprehensive concerning commanding Karma for the first time, truth be known I'm apprehensive each time I take her out, but I channel that into acceptance of my responsibilities to the crew, the boat and myself so that's a good thing. I've done a few reckless things in my life, still do from time to time, but I sail mentally sober.

Free from the slip and neverously checking the depth and every and anything else.

Sails up and we're sailing! ...okay not much wind, but sailing none the less.

Rick was my crew on this venture, I'd like to thank him for the trust to be the crew on the initial cruise.

Spring 2007 Now the Fun Begins

Karma is an old girl that will never be perfect. But by the spring of 2006 she was ready to be launched with fresh bottom paint and new stern decals. Repairs and upgrade at this time; new fuel tank and system; fresh oil change and raw water impeller; reupholstered cushions and new main sail cover.

In her slip ready for the summer.