Catching up on the Blog

We've been missing for a few weeks here, so let us tell you what's been going on.  The last time we were working at the boat (about 3 weeks ago), we decided that we had some extra time and so we pulled out all the portlights and took the portholes apart, bringing only the piece with the glass home.  Mike found a glass place that would make the new glass for us (including safety glass in the portlights) and so we started cleaning the frames from putty and oxidation.  The frames were buffed, cleaned, and waxed (using Collington's metal cleaner/polish/wax).  Boy are they beautiful!  But, it took a while to get all of them done.  (He also started polishing the binnacle.)  Mike also researched the gaskets that were needed for the portlights (some needed replacing after 30 years) and was able to find other W42ers who wanted that gasket, so we had a big enough order so that it would be made and we won't end up with 100 feet of gasket to ourselves!  Thanks Ted and D/W! 
You can see a few pictures of the buffing and cleaning process -- the in-betweens and the results.  We can't wait to get them back on the boat:  (1) they will look GREAT and (2) it's really cold in there without the windows!