8 April 2012
Our final project for our week at the boat was finishing up the anchor chain box. We began building the box back in February, but the final touches got put on the back burner for a bit (Perkins was the number one priority at the time).
This is the space devoted to the chain box up in the foc'sle. You can see the outline he drew as a guideline for the braces. Also note the leak off thru-hulls where the green water will drain out of the box.
We over-built knowing that we have 250 feet of chain and could possibly add more if need be.
With the substrate complete we moved onto the box itself...
Three sides are angled so that when the chain comes in through the deck pipe, gravity will force the chain to the center of the box- important for balance and keeping the chain appropriately contained.
The next step was to glass in the box. We took turns using woven cloth and West System to glass it all in.
After three layers of fiberglass, we let it set up and then took a sanding disk to take off the sharp edges. Several coats of paint were applied, and once dry we piled all 250 feet of anchor chain into the box.
Finally we added the braces (not pictured yet) to secure the box in place.
~ C&G
Medicine is a last resort for us, as we try to stick with natural solutions to our aches, pains, and minor illnesses over the use of man-made chemical drugs. One of our natural secrets is ginger; it is our little miracle root. We are never caught without a good hunk of it in the galley. The range of benefits that ginger provides is impressive, and we find many of them extremely useful in our daily lives. 
