Day 331 Unstuck.

The dawn of another day at Port Townsend.  It started with rain and cleared to a beautiful day.

Zephyr is equipped with 6 cowl vents to bring fresh air into her cabin to keep it cool and to get fresh air inside. 

These vents simply screw onto a threaded bronze plate so that you can adjust the vent toward which ever way the wind is blowing  When we bought Zephyr, one at the stern of the boat was missing.  It had been removed many years ago and the hole that the air passes through to get in the boat sealed with a bronze cap.  Over the years, it had "sealed" itself closed and refused anything I did to get it to unscrew so we could replace the vent.  This one vents into the stern stateroom and the head--both important places to keep fresh air flowing in the Summer.  I finally unscrewed the entire assembly(ring and plate) to the Port Townsend Foundry to see if they could get it apart.

They took it back into the foundry and came back 20 minutes later all done.

They told me to coat the threads with Vaseline and it would never cause me any problems ever again.  I "bedded" it in a special goo that is water proof when I reattached it to Zephyr.   

I've found a source for a replacement and will try and get it ordered today.  West Marine has agreed to be my new UPS drop off place since Sea Marine won't do it any more(but that is another story).

While I was getting the fitting off Zephyr, Tracy was repairing two broken snaps on one of the cloth covers on the dodger.  They had broken off a while ago and we had ordered in replacements from Sailrite to get fixed so the cover would fit properly and stop flapping around in the wind.  Now the dodger is all well and ready for the next storm.

We picked up the urethane paint(white) we will be needing to cover the new spinnaker pole at Admiral Hardware in Port Townsend.  Their regular price was less than the "sale" price that was offered at the "Boater's World"store we visited on Tuesday down in Silverdale.  

Larry at Sea Marine was busy so no calls were placed to Great Lakes Power to see if they will cover the transmission.  Maybe we will hear today.  At least they haven't sent a bill for the "fix" they did.

Have a great day!