Experience has shown me that at this stage in my winter projects I have to be careful not to open too many workstreams without making significant progress on any of them. This risk is particularly large when it comes to demolition, which is usually easier and more fun than putting things back together! Yesterday I re bed the mount for our outboard motor crane, which I suspect may be the source of our aft cabin leak, and I also re bed the chainplate I tried (and failed) to re seal last weekend. As it turns out, I don’t have enough working room to re bed it properly with butyl tape, so I have reverted to 3M 4000 caulk. The next time I have the rig out I will re-bed all of them with butyl tape but I don’t have enough access to do it right with the rig in. Today I started tearing out the wood panel behind the port settee so I can begin ripping out the vinyl backing behind it. A driving rain has already begun to fall that is expected to last through tomorrow. Have I succeeded in fixing both the aft cabin and port chainplate leak? Watch this space to find out!