{"id":361,"date":"2020-12-28T07:52:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2020-12-28T07:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T14:52:15","slug":"surprise-progress-12-23-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Progress 12\/23\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just a quick update on the MEA project. As you know, I have been trying to accumulate enough lead to cast the ballast keel. Through a couple of fortunate events, I earned enough money to purchase the lead I need. The other recycling place had enough scrap lead at a good price to accommodate my needs. First, my friend and long-time supporter rented my little dump trailer, which was unexpected and nice. Then, another acquaintance bought some reloading things that I have been trying to sell for a long time. To top off the great day, when I called Pacific Steel and Recycling in Casper, the person I talked to said he thought they had a couple of hundred pounds. When I went over to get what they had, it turned out to be 650lbs. After I process it, added to what I already have, that should be about the exact amount I need to complete the ballast. I have to say, I\u2019m ecstatic at the possibility of finally continuing with my project. Hopefully, in the near future, I will have a post on melting and casting the ballast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201223_115033e-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201223_115033e-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201223_115033e-1-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture of the lead in my truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201020_155305_highlight.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201020_155305_highlight.jpg 750w, https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201020_155305_highlight-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighter area is where the ballast will be when I\u2019m finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick update on the MEA project. As you know, I have been trying to accumulate enough lead to cast the ballast keel. Through a couple of fortunate events, I earned enough money to purchase the lead I need. The other recycling place had enough scrap lead at a good price to accommodate my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4,3],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mea","tag-iain-oughtred-design","tag-wee-seal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climbingfrog.com\/Sailingfrog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}