Day 953

We got up at 9.  It was cold and the bed was warm.  We did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Then I went out to work on the hull basket holder.

I attached the rail parts I'd built yesterday and then put on top rails.  After that I took it out to the stand.  I took Ellen along to help.  I tied some cord to the rail and Ellen held it while I positioned it and put in a couple of screws.  Then I took her home.

I went back out and put in the rest of the screws.  I also marked some places that needed to be cut on the braces.  Skip came by to shoot the station and I pulled for him.  Then we bullshitted for awhile.  It took me three trips back and forth to get the first brace cut right.  Then I cut the second one the same way and installed them.

There were two problems.  I installed the decking wrong and there was a gap between the holder decking and the station decking.  I unscrewed the holder decking and reinstalled it so there was no gap.  I also installed a fourth top rail because it looked better than leaving the near side open.  Doing that required me to stand in the holder.  It was fine.

I got done about 2.  I had lunch and then did some surfing.  Ellen went to a pre-board meeting.  They are arguing with Dave over how much he is paying the club.  Apparently things are getting heated.  After surfing I went out and disassembled another 40+ 20 ga shells.  I still have 80+ to go.

I went on my walk and then had dinner (TV).  After dinner it was surfing and TV.