Another boat day now that I'm back on my feet.

Today's work isn't too exciting, but I did nix the old fridge. The dumpster at the wharf is always full of boat detritus so I can't throw away as much as I want to, and I always have to take the time to make it as small as possible.

If I had more energy, I'd bike back to the harbor and fill my backpack up with another load of wood and bronze that might survive the rebuild, but I don't wana push it, so I'll just stay home and rest.

Some side thoughts:
It's very funny seeing how my standards for "salvageable" have changed since the winter. I just found a bag of "stuff to keep", which I'd now categorize 90% of it as "stuff to toss".

Even if I never manage to get her seaworthy, I'm really enjoying this process. I feel like when I was a kid and my dad and I took apart the garage door opener to fix it. Nonstop fascination and learning. She was an overpriced lesson, but I'm a happy student.

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Oh I'm so happy to post this boat update. I was sick most of February, but today I was finally feeling up to doing some work.

I've been working on the chart table amidst some other stuff. This was a bit emotional for me, bc there's a lot of electrical stuff behind here and I needed to come to terms with the fact that I really am gutting this old gal.

So the first night I really tried to salvage the wires and electrical crap, but afterwards asked my partner for a pep talk and decided to just start cutting wires. Some of these components are almost 70 years old.

Now we have no chart table, I guess. No electrical system, either!

Found lots of rust, some surprises, and a few bronze artifacts to salvage or reclaim.

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