Ok. Time to kill those crickets.
As you can tell, I haven't been working on the boat for a while.
I've had too many bigger priorities until this last week.
In our previous episode of "Land Locked", I was modifying a power boat cover to fit the C22.
My suggestion to others, is to not bother, unless you want to use it as a learning process.
I had to borrow a commercial sewing machine, which unfortunately does not have reverse.
Then I had to learn, which pointers from my wife, on how to use the darn thing.
The amount of time I have spent modifying the cover, could easily have paid for a $1500 fancy custom cover, had I calculated my time in terms of a minimum wage job.
The thing is, I can afford to buy lots of things, but I have some "problem" which makes me too frugal to do so. I usually gravitate to the frugal alternative.
That said, in my opinion it's good to have the ability to sew.
Sail repair, cockpit covers, BBQ covers, etc.
In fact, I have already used my new sewing ability to re-purpose an old patio umbrella.
The umbrella's wooden frame broke last fall, but the cover, while heavily faded, was still strong.
I've wanted to make an engine cover for my pressure washer.
A bit of measuring, some cutting, and some sewing, resulted in this, all for the cost of the thread.
The two colours are the same material, one is the faded outer part. The green is the original colour that was hidden from the sun for the last 20 years.
So maybe the time spent modifying the boat cover isn't a waste after all.