Sabredancing with the Dead

by SabreKai

Fellow travels across the Pacific to visit an old girlfriend teaching at Fujimi High. They just get settled in to chat in the teachers' lounge when all hell breaks loose. Two OCs, Probably meet up with the gang later in the story.

15. Chapter 15

Sabredancing with the dead update

I've been tied up for the last couple of months working on the real Sabre Dance. Not moving fast enough to keep the yacht club executive happy, I've got myself in a bit of a crack. Get her in the water by April of next year or get booted out and go someplace else. Being as the club is the best on the lake, I want to stay there.

To that end I took a 4 week unpaid leave of absence and busted my butt getting things done. While I didn't get everything done that I wanted, ( I'm not the superman I used to be ) the vital items and major welding got done. The most critical, a new rudder installation, worked out perfectly and I'm now working on installing all the steering gear... and fuel system... and exhaust system... engine controls, 120V AC electrical, a basic 12 V battery system, insulation, frames for the furniture etc. The list of things gets shorter and then grows twice as large. But I keep reminding myself that I'm having fun and getting more of a sense of accomplishment in one day on the boat than I do in months at my job. So it is worth it.

As for Sabredancing with the dead, I've got chapter 15 about half written and will be able to put more time into it after this weekend when the boats come out of the water and the club goes into hibernation for the winter.