1005-baby-mouse
This is a baby mouse I found in the garage. I later let him (or her) go in the woods. Jo-Ann thought the mouse was cute and was hoping I'd keep a pet.

1005-dinghy-stern
This is the glue up of an inner peice on either side of the aft gunwale of the dinghy. The last photo is after clamps were removed but before sanding. At this point the aft half of the gunwalls are in good condition but a top board will be added later.

1006-thunder-child
This was a rough day on Greg's CP23 Thunder Child on Nantucket Sound. Winds were strong but had been stronger earlier leaving 3-4 foot waves with the occasional 6 foot wave. With 3 foot freeboard, it was important to steer into the waves. Lots of spray came over the bow with the occasional water washed over the bow. Winds subsided a bit by the time we headed in but a reef in each sail was still needed.

1006-thunder-child-fone
More photos of a rough day on Greg's CP23 Thunder Child. These were photos of the somewhat wet crew in the cockpit taken with a phone.

1008-radar+windlass
These are the name plates of the radar and windlass aboard Ibis. The radar was a working antique but needed replacement. The manual windlass, despite the corroded aluminum base, seemed functional. When it was removed much later the extent of the corrosion became evident as the base of the windlass crumbled.

1025-ibis-deck
A lot of photos of Ibis deck were taken to figure out how the running rigging was routed along the deck and cabintop.

1107-ibis-falmouth
As of spring 2020 this November photo at the dock at Falmout remains the best picture of Ibis on the water that I have.

1112-ibis-stay-mismatch
Joel, the previous owner of Ibis, provided a stay that he thought might be the inner forestay. The clevis pin clearly didn't match the much smaller hole in the chainplate. Another stay was found on board that is now thought to be this inner stay but hasn't been rigged or measured and doesn't have a turnbuckle.

1114-ibis-expansion-tank
This is the fresh water system expansion tank. It is clearly on the small side and also shows signs of having endured a freeze or two. The bladder was broken so this is junk and was disposed of later.

1114-ibis-extra-stay
This is the extra stay that might be the missing inner forestay. Measureing or simply rigging this to the mast would confirm or eliminate this possibility. The short piece looks to be in place of a turnbuckle and a support for the staysail boom. If so, then this stay will probably have to be replaced to match the length of a turnbuckle and a better means to mount the staysail boom is needed.

1115-moving-ibis
Ibis was moved from Fiddler's Cove in North Falmouth, through the Cape Cod Canal, across Cape Cod Bay, and to Northside Marina at Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis. We started at about sunrise and arrived about 12:30 just in time for a spring tide high tide. The journey was pleasant and uneventful. The day was uneventful until Northside Marina staff hauled the boat. No further comment.

1126-shore-plug
Nice green electrical contacts in this photo. This is the shore power plug. It didn't take much to clean up the contacts but if the socket end is in similar shape it might be worth replacing both ends of the cable.

1129-ibis-pumps
These are two of the pumps onboard Ibis. The red one is the Rule 800 GPH pump in the shower sump. The pump works and can stay there to handle water from other sources such as condensation but a grey water tank handling the shower and vanity sink would be a better solution and may be added if there is enough room. The sump badly needs cleaning. Soap residue will do that over time. The pink tint in the water is due to antifreeze. The other pump is a West Marine water pump used for fresh water pressure. This also works but will be replaced and may be repurposed elsewhere.

1201-ibis-stbd-tank
This is a photo of the partially removed starboard tank. It was clogged with algea and could not be easily drained. It also could not be fully removed with probably 200 pounds of water. Later use of a compressor pushed the algea out of the way and the tank was emptied with a blast of compressed air each time flow slowed or stopped.

1204-ibis-water-tanks
The two water tanks are shown partially removed. Later I got help lifting the tanks out of the cabin and getting them in the bed of my F-250 by lowering them over the side while I stood on the on the bed side rails and then stepped down into the bed. The tanks are liftable by one but very awkward so two are needed to avoid gouging or scratching the cabinetry or the cockpit. After cleaning them at home I got help putting them back.

1212-3kva-ups
I saved this photo of my 3kVA UPS used on my computers. This was so I could figure out which batteries to replace. I seem to be getting close to 10 years per set of batteries.

1213-garage-shelf
This is a photo of the nearly complete new garage shelf. The shelf is for boat cushions and sail bags. Plywood was added over the 2x4 framing. The garage was tidied up after this photo but was a mess again by spring.

1218-oak-planer-scraps
These oak bark scraps are from an attempt to run four half oak discs through the planar. A lot of the bark came off and so the wood had to be sawed to remove what bark was left. The result was four slabs about 2 inch thick for shallow shelves with the tree ring effect.

1230-minestrone
This was a pot of minestrone on the stove prior to adding the pasta. I think I sent this phone photo to either Jo-Ann or Erin.