Status Report. Red Ranger is on the hard in Safe Cove.
Nothing has changed. Scott looked in on her recently, and reconnected shore power.
We're still in Texas.
Here's a factoid that come up in the Whitby Call yesterday.
The Deck Filler
Dash-223
Durometer 75
We have 6 fillers. The cheap rings come in packs of 25 for $15. With a 20 year shelf-life, I can replace them every five years before I run out.
See Deck Fillers it has a picture that captures all the details.
Here's a recent picture taken through CA's spotting scope. The scope a Vortex Diamondback. It requires some care in setting up, because it's heavy. I don't think it can be used on the boat.

I'm not sure how far away the bird was. Perhaps a quarter of a mile. Maybe more.
We have the Celestron mount to hold a phone camera close to the spotting scope eyepiece. It's very fiddly to get it in focus. This picture is grainy because I didn't have everything quite right.