Dory Cradle, Fence, and More Repairs

It looks as though we will finally finish the fence around our property today - after 400´ and About a month of work. Also, in an effort to make the dories more mobile for working on them, we are building two fitted dollies that we can keep them on here - and move them around the property as needed.

It seems sometimes like we have been building this fence forever - in fact it´s only been since June - but that´s long enough I suppose. We expect to complete it today (yeah!) All things considered it´s gone pretty smoothly and it looks and works perfectly (Wyatt can now hang out in the backyard when we´re away if he likes)

In the dory front we have had them up on blocks since the Wooden Boat Festival and needed to get them down from there and into a more mobile platform so we can get them from on garage to the other - mainly to facilitate working on them in the winter. We designed a bit of a dolly system - one for each dory. It´s build from two stringers and some cross supports with industrial castors. Each is fitted to the rocker of the dory and will Hold it in place snuggly. I´ll post some photos after we get them both build today.

Finally, in the: We seem to need to replace everything that is part of this house department... We now have a new hot waterr heater. Marking the second to last appliance in the house that we haden´t replaced - Only the furnace is left now - and we are basically waiting for that to go next - we´re guessing that for maximum effect - it will die About January 12th - in around there somewhere - bets anyone?

I suppose we have done well in a way - after replacing - the roof, the fence, the Washer/Dryer, stove, toilets, dishwasher, having the rental burn down, and now the hot water heater ALL in the last 12 months - we figure we basically have a new house now and have managed to improve the quaility of most of the items - gotta look on the bright side!

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