You can't control the weather!
Record low temperatures and massive dumps of snow have wreaked havoc in Vancouver these last few days, but it hasn't stopped work on Paramount. If we were not in the barn, it would be impossible to continue working. We had expected lots of rain, but the snow arrived early this year.
In just a couple of days we went from balmy autumn temperatures to -14 C with 40cm of snow falling. Lucky it was the Christmas break and only one day was lost. We hope to launch Paramount this week, after the engines come back from the shop. We might be waiting for a few days for the snow to melt, the lift at Granville Island can't be used in a foot of snow. Rains are forecast, so we might be able to stick to plan.
Even False Creek almost froze over - the fresh water did freeze on top of the salt water around the docks and the geese were having to ice-break their way up the creek.
Here is Paramount snug in the back of the barn.
Meet Michelle, she delivers! Rain, snow, sleet or hail - this gal gets through. Here she is delivering a box from the chrome shop, when the courier companies couldn't! Lucky for the all wheel drive - she needed it!
The chrome is for the cabin top, so we can bed everything down, including the mast, and have Paramount ready to brave the weather when she returns to the yard for the engines to be installed and then she will be ready to go back on the dock.
This week we will be dyno-testing the two engines, getting them back in the boat and reinstalling the helm woodwork. The new headliner should be ready to go back up and Miss P will be looking like a lady again.
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