Checked the epoxy job from last time and also covered the exterior repair area with a layer of e-glass, which was a PITA because it was windy, but it got done and actually looks pretty good. Also did a sail inventory, as it had been a while and a winter's few months had erased whatever knowledge I'd gained last season -- frankly I was clueless as to what was in each bag and there are quite a few of them. So sails got laid out on the lawn at the club and the bags got temporary labels. I am set for 4 to 35 kn no doubt about it.
Think I'll pass on the 35 though.
I'm impressed by the ospreys in the creek and their fishing skills. Drifted in right beneath a tree and watched seahawk annihilate another shad, or a big herring. I figure from the size of this gill cover (operculum) that it had to be a hickory shad. The knife blade is 3.25 inches.
One distressing thing was how long it took the fish to expire. The osprey took at least ten minutes+ to systematically tear the poor creature apart while the fish flapped and struggled. I went in later, beneath the tree, to see what had been discarded, hoping the fish carcass was there, for further I.D., but it was just scales and other parts. No positive I.D. as to herring or shad though.