October 31, 2020-Lock Down-Wings Style

wingssail images-fredrick roswold Locked Down (bolted down) Water Tank 

Today is Halloween but we are not going trick or treating. Even going to the La Cruz Inn to give out candy to the cute local kids who come by in their costumes didn’t tempt us. Too many people, mostly strangers, too close together. We’ll do some social things from time to time, but trick or treat isn’t one of them this year. But we have been busy. We have been wrapping up a lot of projects on Wings (and some on the car as well). One Wings project which we started in Feb but never finished was the water tank project. We did take out the old tanks and get new ones made and installed. However we never finished securing the new tanks.

Previously the water tanks were fibreglassed into Wings’ hull and removing them meant grinding out the fiberglass tabs holding the tanks. A few years back we ground out the glass and removed the port side tank to get it re-welded. When we put it back in we used bolts instead of fiberglass tabs. The starboard tank was still glassed in until Feb when we ground it out too. When we put the tanks back in we didn’t want to use fiberglass again. To properly retain it after reinstallation we needed some bolts and plates of metal which had to be made. That part of the project we put off.

So for eight months that tank was just sitting there half secured.This week we finally finished the lockdown (bolt down) of the starboard tank.

So that project is off the list.

Fred & Judy, SV Wings, La Cruz