The Christmas Boat

What a difference a day makes!

We walked down to the boat, but today the wind was blowing about 25 mph, small craft warnings were up, and I wasn't at all sure this was a great idea.

But the wind actually helped blow the lights out around the spreader, and my ingenious box/light winder worked great.

Here the engineer is trying to figure out "now what".

A few last minute adjustments...

And what do you think?

I  think they are pretty spiffy!

It's not really sailing, but it's at the boat!  Today we found ourselves at Big Lots! and there they were.  Outdoor lights for $1.  How can you pass that up?  And I saw another boat with a garland that looked really nice during the day, so there went some more dollars.  All in all, the lights were discounted to 80 cents, so we got less than $7 into this project.  Cheapest boat project yet!  Oh, I forgot the $10 light sensor and the $5 string.  $22.

But then, the big question!  How do you string lights up on a boat?  This is as far as the engineer and the "just do it" one got tonight.  Maybe I'll Google instructions...