Thru-hull, dried sealant and some quaint houses.

Here is our brand new 3/4" raw water sea cock dry fitted into place.You can see the 1/2" backing plate and the thickened epoxy resin oozing out from underneath said backing plate. The backing plate was coated in epoxy to waterproof it further. You can also see three 1/4" stainless steel bolt sticking through the sea cock base. The cock is only dry fitted because my tube of sealant, 3M 5200, or God Glue, was dried up and being a long weekend, no stores were open to buy more.

Here is an exterior shot of the raw water inlet. When we get more god Glue, the screws get coated and a dab goes in the holes, some God Glue is put under the base of the sea cock and it is threaded onto the other end of this fitting. The stainless steel bolts are then inserted and washers, lockwashers and nuts are fitted and then this whole , difficult but extremely necessary project is finished.

My first BBQ on the boat, a chicken and a beef burger.

My first beer on the boat.

On the way home, the Q.E.W., our main highway, was very congested so we took some side roads back to HHamilton. This is what we found in Grimsby. It reminds me of houses down in the CCaribbean. There were more like these two. It made me realize just how highways take away from the daily experience. It was worth the extra time just to see these beauties.