Free Beer!

That's Heron Scott tearing into the mysterious bow leak that last year had a small river running down the Mistral sole when seriously underway. Not long after this picture was taken we unearthed a sizeable gap in the stem and fair amount of wet caulking, all since repaired.
Oh yeah, the free beer. The Experience Mistral Project's promotions department was so smitten by the success of the Free Gifts! promotion that it is sponsoring a Free Beer! night at the Seaview East haulout site tomorrow, Thursday. (A map will open when you click the Seaview East link.) This will take place when most people are knocking off work for the day. Mistral activities will likely continue apace, so wear clothes that will only be improved with bottom paint.
Also on tomorrow's docket: a bit of sanding and a touch of priming, a visit to Fisheries, taping and painting the topsides with semi-gloss white enamel, buying beer and ice, ordering pizza, then slathering bottom paint wherever that's supposed to go.