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Hi Tony and thanks I have been able to do a little around the rain. Yeah  a little brew and painting seem to make for a better experience for me.  I cut all the lines with just a brush and rolled and tipped the large  areas. All I like is a little clean up and a clear coat on topside. Hope  you will get some warmer air soon.
      I myself had a little set back. I broke my leg and was down for  three months on crutches. Fractured my tibia and tore two ligaments in  my knee at work when a scaffold came undone and shifted. Funny how you  can get messed up at low heights like that. No time for adjustment I  guess. I'm good now and luckily never missed a day by grabbing a desk  job at night for awhile but you know that was rough for me 'cause I'm  not the type to sit around.
    Hey Tony that is the gas bottle for the stove. Cute ain't it? I was  actually going to try and tackle that the next week or so the Lord  willing. I plan to run the pipe into the lazerette and put a mount for a  larger bottle inside it with new regulator. That little bottle won't  suffice for my needs. I can use the existing holes for a mount. I have  noticed some hang an extra off the stern made of aluminum? I myself  wouldn't want to tote that much gas around with me.
     I don't know how much the little bottle there holds Tony but it can't be much. I was thinking maybe 3-4lbs.

Thank you Ebb! I write a little poetry, play guitar. Ebb, guys and gals, I have been busy, they are working me lots of hours. I finally got a chance to do a little on my girl. I did do a little detailing and final touches on the topside. I also peeled off the old insulation inside around the word work and I'm starting to put in my own homemade trim work. I'll let you see some of that later. Also designing a cockpit step and storage box built for my companion way doors to store away but be right at hand. It just has been raining here quite a bit more than usual so between the job and raining I haven't got to do much, just a couple hours here and there. I'm posting a few pics. I don't want you all to think I have abandoned ship!..Love my Ariel:o

Here is a poem I wrote. I think it expresses some of the sentiment towards my Ariel and the real desire I have for sailing. Hope you enjoy.

Yes I think the anchor will do fine. I need another one for softer bottoms (any suggestions?) and also I've been looking for a used manual windlass, a bargain with little luck. Ebb those are full size drawings I snapped with my camera..they're dated 1980. Thought it was cool to have found them. I do have a manual of the atomic 4 I downloaded and am going to get the manual on the boat ASAP. I really would like to have it.

Here is my Ariel's drawing showing dimensions. It was left in the boat unprotected but I rescued it with others and doctored them up a bit.This is one I cut for closer view. I thought it maybe helpful or interesting to someone else.:cool:

Hey Ebb ,
          I found that same step plate on a Triton while searching around the net.. That is a hole for a wire and whoever replaced it onto the Anne Bonny must have put a pin in it(no threads)and sealed it with some type of adhesive. I cleaned it out but it doesn't go through the hull. All my wiring is entering the hull away from the plate as seen left of the picture..Thanks Ebb!

My anchor is a Danforth deepset II I'm quite sure. It was pretty rusty so I sand blasted it and I electro-statically powder coated it at work. I put 6 mills on it. It still is potted but I didn't want to take away any more metal (weight) of of it. I wonder what the original anchor was? Never seen a pic of the original, or is this it? Anyway here is a pic of what I have:

I ran across this on good old boat page. Posted first of the month here at..http://www.goodoldboat.com/resources_for_sailors/fixer-upper_sailboats.php:cool:

Tony,
           We had an extreme winter here last year and my girl wasn't inside. I was able to maintain a good temperature inside by just wrapping her good and tight with tarps. I was really surprised what heat I absorbed from the sun this way, even with snow on top. I had one small heater and a type of brooder bulb I use to keep my chickens warm. At freezing temps it would be 65 degrees by 9:00am. Under twenty and/or the wind blowing I didn't even try though. At 14 that certainly is a challenge when trying to spare expense. But being at 30 in the shop you should be able to get the inside cabin warm.
          Stopping escaping heat will benefit mostly I think, and closing off the berth and access to other areas where your not working whereby minimizing the space.
          Your right the tiki says it all.

Hi Tony,
   Glad you sailed by! Thanks for appreciating as I really do enjoy every minute I spend on my girl. Wish I would have done it sooner, I have a bad itch I have to scratch.
   That PVC pipe is attached to the valve opening for the water intake to my Atomic 4. Push and pull to open and close...quite handy. The topside I have one coat and plan for another when it warms up again and I have a few things to do, like nicks and chips in the rub rail, replace some hardware on cockpit hatches, a grated floor with step up to companionway for the wife in cockpit and mount a 20Gal Alum. propane tank in the lazerette.
   I have been reading quite of bit of material on the Bahamas and other Caribbean destinations lately but haven't came across those. Thanks for the tip I will check them out. I plan to do a some of videos when I get out there as I have found a few on the net but most good ones are on pay sites.
    This coming year I plan to get her in the water here at Lake Guntersville, which is linked to the Tennessee River and get all the bugs worked out. I have to get used to handling The Anne Bonny as well. I'm getting my finances in order right now for long hauls, working a lot. Then I should be on my way south! I can sail from Guntersville to the Gulf of Mobile.  Again thanks Tony have a great day off!

My next home WILL have a keel!

Skipper in perspective of all I've seen and read here it must be either a reproduction or from another ship. Ebb it's solid under and I have seen nothing inside that looks as if there were ever any problems. Knowing what other vessels Pearson used the same 31ft mast or same size mast end male fitting could solve it. Thanks guys for your gracious input I appreciate it!

Well as winter closes in I have to look for new things to do. And one on the list and probably none better in taking on is removing the paint off the bottom. This because it requires hard labor for me( because of my approach) and it makes it much more easier to put more time in. No worry of a heat stroke! The anti-foul on Anne's bottom side is old and flaking. I am scraping for the reason that I can feel and see any discrepancies in her soundness. I am using a dull knife and 5 "n"one scraper so if there is a soft spot I want to know it. Besides..no pain no gain, great exercise. HeHe.. It comes off fairly easy in spots anyway. I will sand what I can't scrape off.

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Note: Extra big hole in removable piece( at end of slot )where screw/bolt is broken off. What's that for? I suspect wear purposes and to remove for easy installation of mast.  ;p

Thanks Ebb. I guess that's why they write books like sailing for dummies!! Lol! Hey I was just going on what I had been told and seen.  I was suspicious toward why it was there but the drawing threw me off and the guy who told me was either playing or dimmer than I am. So it looks like I need to clean that out and replace a bolt.

Here is the picture of Anne Bonny's mast stepping plate and a diagram of one supposedly Ariel and commander original. Very similar but no cigar unless the drawing isn't specific.