Been a crazy week. Family from Denmark and Tokyo flew in, three separate 'family' groups in from Mo, another from AL. 14 people first night, kicked one group of three out the second night. 32 people for the day on 4th. I slept almost an entire day afterwards. The two international families are on US side trips, be back friday for a few days then another side trip for each. Then both back to home country on 22 July. I've done about a dozen loads of laundry last 24 hours. Thankfully mostly pool towels and bed sheets.
Back to the boat.
Things I wish I knew ahead of time:
When reassembling the aluminum panels, those little pricks of the hands are actually slices of the skin on the hand. Blood and sweat mixed makes it look quite dramatic. Wife was horrified.
Pay attention to the length of the rivets bought. Long ones take a lot more work.
When riveting flooring one can use a 2x4 to just use the weight of ones fat body to compress rather than squeezing by hand.
Cable boot for the steering cable is out for delivery so that goes on at daylight before the heat hits and I'll be ready for a shakedown cruise.
As a well kept house husband, i have lots of things to do to get ready for the return of family so may not get into the water tomorrow but will need to ASAP, everyone is expecting some boat time and rule #1 is no shakedown cruise with family unless they can problem solve on the water.