October 12ish. I had to miss work after being sick and showing up there for 4 days. Finally it was so obvious that my manager told me I probably should go home - I couldn’t because I carpooled with two other employees who live near me - so the following day I didn’t go in. That was Friday, and i did the “leaky window project” I’ve been talking about for a whole year now. This involved removed the whole window, the frame, everything. Taking apart any piece I could and cleaning it, butyl-taping the frame to the deck and applying marine grade sealant to the outside. I waited 24 hours to let the sealant set, sprayed the hose, and it didn’t leak! … Then I removed the excess butyl tape and the blue painters tape from the sealant and tighten the frame screws a little more for assurance. Then I sprayed again and a tiny bit leaked. Damn. I think it’s the outside sealant. I can run another bead and flatten it down neater another time, but I feel good and confident about the seal of the frame to the deck. Also pulling things apart and putting them back together is helpful in learning how and why it works.
Mia was able to spend the weekend over and studied and worked on a work research project, but I enlisted her for some help, as the picture showed.
Definitely worth noting is that when I was feeling sick and went to work on Monday she came back to my boat with cough drops and throat medicine and a get well card. Could I ask for anything more?
One small thing that is comical, and on my opinion stupid, are holiday decorations on boats. Christmas trees, blow-up Santa, reindeer- we’ve seen it all on house yards and roofs but seeing it on a boat in the marina is something else. This guy who spends a few nights a week on his boat put up the cheapo Halloween lights you’d find in a front yard, and he wrapped the bow with caution tape and an inflatable skeleton hanging where an anchor would be if he ever actually took the boat anywhere. Who’s trick-or-treating on docks anyways? Doubtful there’s any king sized candy being handed out.

I put this bear sticker on the port rear window. I have the same sticker on the back window of my truck and it sits on my old roommates company car, my other old roommates sold dodge ram, my brother Matt’s truck, and some random kid in Newport who once stopped me in traffic for one. It’s a custom sticker that of course resembles the California bear. It’s subtle and original and i occasionally get compliments on it. I’m very pleased with it on the window, or “port light”, on A Cenoura.
By the way, with the leaky window project kind to complete the next on the list actually is getting the correct name on the transom of the boat.