Greetings from Lake Havasu, Arizona

That's the London Bridge pictured on the right. The weather was really nice for a winters day....Sunny and minimal wind, a bit nippy though, had a good time.

Going away for awhile

Going away for the holidays, happy holidays by the way. When I get back I'll see how I feel, but I'm toying with the idea of deleting this blog and getting on with my life in other ways.

Putting it to the torch

Heated that sucker up, along with WD-40, the theory (my theory) is when it's hot, the metal expands opening up the threads a tiny bit. At this time spray the WD-40 and it will penetrate. Then also when it's hot clamp a wrench on it. In this case, the nuts loosened fairly easily....it could be called a lead pipe cinch.

Time to move on

...to the next thing on the list, which is to free the nuts pictured here, this is the lifting ring assembly. I don't need to free them, the assembly could be re-installed and -no problem-but it's not the cowboy way, nor my way.

Finished the keel!

You've heard of the Coat of many colors? We.., here we have the keel of many layers.all glued and screwed together.

Lay Lady Lay...down upon my big wood keel.

The road to restoration is a many layered road, here's the latest from the keel front.

another day, another layer

Planed down the "plank" to 1/8" so it will bend easier, steam bending this would be idiotic...used Sumo glue on this layer.