With the current wet and windy weather, I can not say that I am particularly enthused to work on Shoal Waters today, but given my target of working on something for Shoal Waters every day, no matter how small, I resolved to get out there and do something.
This was the first something, the top runner. I unclamped it, removed the wooden batten and the baking paper and cleaned up the edges where the meniscus had formed. The result is pretty good.
The next small task was to mount the clock and barometer. This was a little fiddly as the bronze screws are 3/4″ and I had to hold them with a pair of long-nosed pliers to be able to screw them in the pilot holes which needed to be drilled with a bit extension. Still, the job got done and the result is very nice.
The barometer seems to be working quite well, it tracked the pressure shown on the weather station and that is good enough. When sailing you are mostly concerned with the rate of change of pressure and how high or low it was before the change started rather than the absolute pressure value.
Time for a cup of tea.