Low point.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:28 am
I'm just taking the time to blow off some disappointment knowing it will a friendly and sympathetic reception.
Having hauled my Grampian in August and then waiting out four hurricanes in almost as many weeks, I felt I lost the summer. I finally got started on the deck re-core and it was worse than I expected, but not by much. Now I have gotten on to the cabin top and have that in progress. However, I still have yet to get into the cabin and all of the wood inside. THEN, I have a cast iron keel to grind, seal, fair and a whole boat to paint!
I am a victim of my own optimism. I know when a project is started, especially on a boat, double the most pessimistic time estimate. I had no idea that I could throw that through the window and quadruple my worst case estimate.
Realistically, I now admit to estimating getting the boat back in water in August of this year. Does this make me feel better? No, but at least I'm admitting the size and scope of my repairs and rather than fighting an unrealistic schedule, I'll just work on it as I can and quit worrying about what other people think. ( Not that I pay a lot of attention, but it does get old as they ask how much longer until the boat's back in the water?)
The boat is better and stronger for all of the work I am doing. She will be easier to handle and live on when I am finished. The fact she cost me nothing in the beginning and I got two years of sailing on her is something I do forget to keep in mind. The part I am not putting in here is that I have not put family in the fixing the boat equation. That is where a lot of frustration is coming out as I do have other responsibilities which I have to take care of. Who out there doesn't?
Sorry for the rant, but seeing it in print does help my focus.
Thanks everyone.
Cheers,
Ian
Wing and a Prayer, G-23
Having hauled my Grampian in August and then waiting out four hurricanes in almost as many weeks, I felt I lost the summer. I finally got started on the deck re-core and it was worse than I expected, but not by much. Now I have gotten on to the cabin top and have that in progress. However, I still have yet to get into the cabin and all of the wood inside. THEN, I have a cast iron keel to grind, seal, fair and a whole boat to paint!
I am a victim of my own optimism. I know when a project is started, especially on a boat, double the most pessimistic time estimate. I had no idea that I could throw that through the window and quadruple my worst case estimate.
Realistically, I now admit to estimating getting the boat back in water in August of this year. Does this make me feel better? No, but at least I'm admitting the size and scope of my repairs and rather than fighting an unrealistic schedule, I'll just work on it as I can and quit worrying about what other people think. ( Not that I pay a lot of attention, but it does get old as they ask how much longer until the boat's back in the water?)
The boat is better and stronger for all of the work I am doing. She will be easier to handle and live on when I am finished. The fact she cost me nothing in the beginning and I got two years of sailing on her is something I do forget to keep in mind. The part I am not putting in here is that I have not put family in the fixing the boat equation. That is where a lot of frustration is coming out as I do have other responsibilities which I have to take care of. Who out there doesn't?
Sorry for the rant, but seeing it in print does help my focus.
Thanks everyone.
Cheers,
Ian
Wing and a Prayer, G-23