Had a Great Teakend.

Woke up at 7:30 on Saturday morning and started taping up A Cenoura and preparing for the teak oiling. It was pretty fun and simple to do. Tape around everything, apply the cleaner/restorer, scrub it, hose it, let it dry, wipe on the teak oil, wipe off excess a little bit later, and do another coat tomorrow. 

Here is a look at the cockpit throughout the process. The contrast of the new color against white boat and blue covers looks exactly how I wanted it to. Teak is an interesting wood, so I’m curious to see how the oil gets absorbed and changes over the next few months.

I could not get the engine water pump off. Corrosion has really taken over the nuts/bolts. So for the time being I inspected the impeller, which looks very good, and now my mind is at rest about it. I was imagining a broken impeller with bits of rubber getting spun around and clogging hoses, so this was nice to see.

And A Cenoura’s name arrived. I plan on enlisting the help of my dad to remove the old name and apply this one next weekend. Looking forward to the boat finally having it’s name!

Oh, Cambria? What the ….

Well I only drove through Cambria once, but it’s essentially picture-perfect California. There are rolling hills and ranches, a beautiful central California coastline, a small town, and even a castle. Symbolically I can think of a reason, too. I couldn’t decide if I wanted a Southern California city or a Northern California city. And coincidentally, Cambria is the exact middle-point between San Francisco and Los Angeles if you were to drive along the coast between the two. So, the combination of that, how the word actually looks beneath “A Cenoura”, and how it brings thoughts of picture-perfect California to my mind are all why I chose the place. 

Finally, a shot my friend took on that warm day a couple weekends ago when I saw hundreds of dolphins and a whale.