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In the dead of winter we seal the keel

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So this December has been a month full of not boat building. First the weather, 27 degrees in Houston! Ice and snow! Then my work had me pumping 60 hour work weeks for two week straight to get a major project completed. But through out it all I chipped away at the things that I needed to do and finally! Sealed the keel, only step left on the keel is to glue the keelson on the top. I do have to fill a hole in the keel with Epoxy so the keelson will wait till Tuesday or Monday. But enough bitching, more boat building. Early December the weather was nice but the work was hard, so I snuck out in between router updates to hit up the local scrap yards to purchase lead. There were two near me and they had more then enough at a buck a pound. I filled my trunk up with lead roof flashing and fixtures and I also found a pile of really cool dive weights. Then the weather came and it was FREEZING cold in Houston and my garage spring broke! I had my car trapped in my garage for a bit till it was