Put up the Tent!

In order to get any work done over the winter, we needed to cover the boat in a giant plastic tent.

It was a gorgeous December day, but cold.

Along with lots of aluminum from the remnants of the days of active fishing, we no longer needed the old diesel day tank for the diesel stove that no longer took up space.

Just another truck load of stuff to the scrap yard.

We used 2x12's to make a ridge pole, then 1.5" pvc piping for the tent framing. Amazingly it withstood the numerous 60+ knot win storms we had.

With the help of a friend who has done this many times, we played the plastic out in-between wind gusts, then used a giant propane torch to shrink in down tight again the framing. It works like heat shrink.

We put up some christmas lights for the season.

And a live tree!