July - Building a grid for working on boats

B.C., Stuart Island Hauling the concrete mixer to Edna Bay	B.C., Edna Bay Mixer ready to go down the beach steps	B.C., Edna Bay Whew! We made it
B.C., Edna Bay Mixer positioned for pouring	B.C., Edna Bay Mixer positioned for pouring	B.C., Edna Bay Five sacks cement and a cubic yard of aggregate
B.C., Edna Bay Peter helping homogenize the mix We lowered aggregate and cement in buckets	B.C., Edna Bay Mixer hoisted out of the tide's way	B.C., Edna Bay Two more forms built- pier block to weigh them down when the tide comes in
B.C., Edna Bay The forms floated up and dumped the pier block. It wasn't enough weight.	B.C., Edna Bay Another view	B.C., Edna Bay The crane used to hoist the mixer out of the tide's way
B.C., Edna Bay Peter with a bucket of aggregate	B.C., Edna Bay We rigged a chute for getting aggregate to the mixer - easier than lowering it in the bucket	B.C., Edna Bay Funnel into the chute
B.C., Edna Bay Looking down the chute	B.C., Edna Bay Chuting aggregate to the mixer	B.C., Edna Bay Mixing - the camera lady about to get sprayed
B.C., Edna Bay Finishing the surface	B.C., Edna Bay Grid poured	B.C., Edna Bay Mixer being winched up the steps
B.C., Edna Bay Grid beams from the wharf	B.C., Edna Bay Mixer on its way back to Sea Lion Rock Lodge	B.C., Edna Bay 7/13/04: Forms removed and side bracing installed
B.C., Edna Bay 7/13/04, 2:40PM: Middle wall awash at 10.5' tide. Note 2X6 surface boards installed.