They called it a "derecho"

Friday we had violent storms pass through the mid-Atlantic.  The news called them "derechos" -- from the Spanish word meaning straight line.  They started in the mid-west and then grew and wiped across the midwest through the mid-Atlantic.  Winds hit 80 at the marina and we lost power.  Luckily our house had power.  But Saturday, after finding no power at the marina, we couldn't mount our new cleats and could only do hand-labor tasks.  So, we cleaned stainless steel and put up the dinghy davits (which had been laying on the deck for 2 years). 

We wanted to put up the radar post, but didn't have the radar dome, but realized that the aft decking, under the mount for the dome, would need to be re-finished.  So, we proceeded to take up the teak decking at the aft end of the deck.  Sunday we had power, so we were able to clean the caulk off of the wood and most of it from the deck.  We still have a little cleaning left to do, then to sand the deck and re-glue the strips.

We also had a small leak in the aft cabin after the rains, but we believe that it is from the grab rails.  We will replace them.  But you can also tell that there was water that got between the fiberglass and teak decking.  It's noticeable because of the dark and dirty caulk we found after taking up the teak planks.  Luckily it doesn't look like water had gotten into the deck core.

Once this part of the decking is glued and re-caulked, the radar post (and dome) will go back up and then only the anchors will be left on the deck and there will be more room to walk around!