New England This Morning — November 8, 2026

Not for nuthin'…. But….. Sunday shook off yesterday's rain on the coast. The sun's laying a bright path across Marblehead Harbor, Mount Washington has disappeared into the soup, the Mad River covered bridge is quiet under a gray sky, and Bartlett's ridges are standing clear beyond the bare hardwoods. Two different seasons in one morning — here's how four corners of New England looked around 7:40 this Sunday morning.

Marblehead Harbor (BYC Oceanfront) — Sunshine and a glitter path across the harbor this morning, with the dock, the little white shed with the green roof, and boats along the pier while moorings dotted the calm blue water and the far shore sat clear under a thin scatter of cloud. Mostly sunny with a high near 57 and a west wind 10 to 18 mph. Good morning for a harbor walk — just hang onto your hat.

Mount Washington, NH (Observatory North View) — The summit's disappeared into the soup, with nothing but mottled gray-white cloud filling the lens and no ridges in sight. Snow likely this morning with a chance of freezing rain, a high near 27, and northwest winds 45 to 60 mph gusting to 75. Leave the summit to the Observatory today.

Mad River Valley, VT (Great Eddy Covered Bridge) — Gray and still in Waitsfield, with the old covered bridge and its American flag spanning the low, reflective river, a gravel bar along the bank, bare late-autumn trees, and the white house across the water under a pale overcast sky. A chance of rain showers before 10 a.m., then mostly cloudy with a high near 49 and a west wind 3 to 8 mph. Enjoy the quiet stretch if those leftover showers stay light.

Bartlett Experimental Forest, NH — From the top of the NEON tower, bare hardwoods and dark evergreens roll out toward the White Mountain ridges under a pale morning sky — no valley fog this time, and the peaks are standing out. A chance of rain before 11 a.m., then mostly cloudy with a high near 48 and a west wind 5 to 10 mph gusting to 30. Watch for slick leaves on the back roads if those showers move through.

Webcam views courtesy of the Boston Yacht Club, the Mount Washington Observatory, Mad River Valley Television and NEON/PhenoCam.

MOAM Out.

Woodworking Tip of the Day: Hearing and Eye Protection You'll Actually Wear

Not for nuthin'…. But….. the hearing and eye protection that stays in a drawer across the shop doesn't protect anything. I'm framing a Chamberlain Marblehead gunning dory this winter and hopping between quiet layout and loud cuts the same way I do on a GC job. Table saws, planers, routers, bandsaws and circular saws commonly sit well above 95 dBA at the operator — those are typical published ranges, not a meter reading of my bench. NIOSH's recommended exposure limit is 85 dBA as an 8-hour time-weighted average. Aim for about 75–85 dBA at the ear. Overprotect and people yank the gear off so they can hear the shop — then you're right back at unprotected noise.

Why it matters: Production woodworking almost certainly needs hearing protection (OSHA woodworking eTool), and PPE is the last line after you control noise at the source and along the path. Fit beats chasing the highest Noise Reduction Rating on the package — NRR is a lab number, not a guarantee of real-world attenuation. Earmuffs seal poorly against eyeglass temples and respirator straps (NIOSH's 5 Cs: comfort, compatibility, convenience, communication, cost). Eyewear has to meet ANSI Z87.1 and still be comfortable enough that you leave it on. And "just a quick cut" is still a cut — wear it every time the machine runs.

Materials

• Disposable foam earplugs (keep a box at each loud machine)
• Earmuffs and/or canal caps for intermittent on/off work
• ANSI Z87.1 safety glasses that fit your face and don't wreck field of view
• Face shield rated to wear OVER safety glasses (grinding, chop saw, aggressive routing)
• Chemical splash goggles for epoxy, paint and solvent work
• Optional: muffs designed to work with glasses / hardhat-mount muffs if that's your setup

Tools

• Your loud machines: table saw, planer/jointer, bandsaw, router, circular saw, grinders, chop saw
• Optional sound-level app or meter for a rough shop check (treat phone apps as ballpark, not a formal survey)
• Hooks, a peg, or a small bin at each machine so PPE lives where the noise lives

Steps

1. Estimate the noise, don't invent a hero NRR. Typical published ranges (examples, not your shop): table / rip / bench saws often ~100–110 dB(A); planers/moulders ~100–105; circular saws ~97–104; bandsaws ~90–100; routers often ~93–108 depending on the tool. Use those as a starting point. Choose protection that brings the level at your ear into about 75–85 dBA. Don't chase the highest NRR as a hard requirement — fit and consistent wear matter more.
2. Match the protector to the work pattern. Continuous loud machine runs: well-fitted foam plugs are often more comfortable for hours. Intermittent noisy work (GC site or boat shop hopping between quiet layout and loud cuts): muffs or canal caps are easier on and off. At 100 dBA or greater, or for impulse sounds: double up — earmuffs OVER earplugs (NIOSH).
3. Fit the plugs. Roll foam plugs thin, insert deep, hold until they expand. Quick check if you don't have a formal fit test (NIOSH): count out loud while slowly cupping and uncupping your hands over your ears — your voice should sound about the same if the seal is good. If your voice changes a lot when you cup, reseat the plug.
4. Respect compatibility. Safety-glass temples and respirator straps break an earmuff seal. When you need glasses and hearing protection together, prefer well-fitted foam plugs, or muffs made to work with glasses. Don't assume muffs alone are sealing if the cushions are riding on temple arms.
5. Eyes: stack the right gear. Protective eyewear must meet ANSI Z87.1 (OSHA woodworking guide OSHA 3157). Wear Z87.1 glasses for flying chips and dust. For grinding, chop saws and similar, add a face shield OVER the glasses — a shield alone is not enough. For epoxy, paint and solvents, use chemical splash goggles. Choose glasses that fit, stay comfortable, don't wreck your field of view, and don't fight your respirator or muffs.
6. Keep PPE at the machine. Convenience drives use. A box of plugs and a pair of muffs on a hook at the table saw beats the "good" kit in a drawer across the shop. Post a reminder where the noise is. Wear it for every cut — including the thirty-second one.
7. Controls first, PPE last. Prefer quieter blades, sharp cutters, enclosure, distance and shorter exposure where you can. Hearing and eye protection are the last line, not a substitute for fixing the source when that's practical.

MOAM's shop note: On the dory and on a jobsite I'm not running one machine for eight straight hours — I'm laying out, then ripping, then routing a fairing block, then back to quiet work. So I keep foam plugs for the long sanding and planing sessions and muffs for the hop-on/off cuts. Glasses stay on my head, not in a shirt pocket. The gear you'll actually wear is the only gear that counts. Fancy NRR numbers in a drawer don't help anybody.

Sources: NIOSH / CDC, Provide Hearing Protection (REL 85 dBA as 8-hour TWA; aim ~75–85 dBA at the ear; avoid overprotection; double protection at ≥100 dBA or impulse; NRR is a lab rating — fit matters; foam-plug cup/uncup voice check; 5 Cs of selection); UK HSE RR1223 and HSE woodworking noise good practice (typical machine ranges: woodworking often >95 dB(A); planers/moulders ~100–105; bandsaws ~95–100; table/bench/ripsaws ~100–110; circular saws example 97–102); 3M Noise Navigator examples (table saw ~104 dBA at 90 cm; circular saw ~100–104; bandsaw ~90–95; routers often ~93–108); OSHA woodworking eTool (production woodworking almost certainly needs hearing protection; prefer source/path controls, PPE last); OSHA 3157 woodworking guide (ANSI Z87.1 eyewear; chips/dust and chemical splash). Ranges are typical/example published figures — not measurements of this shop.

MOAM Out.

New Real Estate Listings on the North Shore Today – Saturday, November 7

New Listings Today – North Shore 29 Towns

Not for nuthin'….. But….. the MOAM's been watching the Saturday feed. 27 new listings hit the market over the last 24 hours, across 13 North Shore towns.

Top towns: Lynn 7, Salem 4, Newburyport 4, then Danvers and Salisbury with 2 each. The rest are spread across Georgetown, Manchester, Peabody, Essex, Rowley, Swampscott, Amesbury and Lynnfield.

By property type: Residential 8 · Residential Lease (rentals) 16 · Residential Income (multi-family) 1 · Commercial Lease 2.

The MOAM's take: Rentals are carrying the morning — 16 of the 27 new listings — while Lynn leads the towns with 7. Saturday inventory is still moving; if you've been waiting on a rental or a home, today's a solid look.

Contact Nanepashemet to view these.
Nanepashemet Real Estate Services
Call or text 781-727-6516
jnestor@nanepashemet.com

MOAM Out.

Listing data courtesy of MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN); listings shown are held by various brokerages. Nanepashemet Real Estate Services, MA Broker Lic. 136995-RE-B.

Boston Sports Morning Report — Saturday, Nov. 7

Not for nuthin'…. But….. The Celts went into Charlotte last night and put on a show: 119-80 in NBA Cup group play, Jayson Tatum with 34 points, eight boards and nine dimes in just 29 minutes. Boston is 7-2 and sitting second in the East. Quiet Saturday otherwise — then Sunday's a three-sport day in New England.

Short version: no games today, Pats host Green Bay at 4:25, B's host Florida at 1:00, Celts are in Milwaukee at 8:00, and the Sox are still in hot-stove mode.

New England Patriots

• Yesterday: No game (last game: W 24-19 @ Miami on Sun., Nov. 1)
• Today: No game — Rob Gronkowski's Patriots Hall of Fame weekend
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 4:25 PM ET, vs Green Bay Packers (home, FOX)
• Standings: 5-3, 2nd in the AFC East, 1.5 games behind Buffalo (6-1), No. 7 in the AFC (last wild-card spot)
• Schedule note: After Green Bay it's Sun., Nov. 15 at Detroit (Munich game, 9:30 AM ET kickoff); bye is Week 11

Big weekend in Foxborough. Gronk goes into the team Hall of Fame, and he'll be honored at halftime Sunday while Tom Brady is in the FOX booth. Packers come in at 5-3 as well — should be a good one.

Boston Celtics

• Yesterday: W 119-80 @ Charlotte Hornets (NBA Cup group play)
• Today: No game
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 8:00 PM ET, @ Milwaukee Bucks
• Standings: 7-2, 2nd in the Atlantic, 0.5 games behind Philadelphia (8-2), No. 2 in the East

Tatum nearly had a triple-double, Derrick White added 18, and Boston buried 24 threes (17 in the first half). Still perfect at home (5-0), road mark now 2-2, and 2-0 in Cup play. Rematch with Milwaukee on Sunday night.

Boston Bruins

• Yesterday: No game (last game: W 6-2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins on Thu., Nov. 5)
• Today: No game
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 1:00 PM ET, vs Florida Panthers (home, NESN / NHL Network)
• Standings: 12-4-1, 25 points, 1st in the Atlantic (2 points up on Montreal), No. 2 in the East, 3 points behind Carolina (13-3-2, 28 points)

Three in a row after the Pittsburgh statement win. Florida comes to Causeway Street Sunday afternoon — early puck drop, then switch over to the Pats.

Boston Red Sox

• Yesterday / Today: No games, offseason
• Next: 2027 Opening Day is Thu., March 25, @ Seattle Mariners; home opener Thu., April 1, vs Cincinnati
• Final standings: 87-75, 3rd in the AL East, lost the AL Wild Card round to the Yankees

Hot-stove season on Jersey Street. Pitchers and catchers can't come soon enough.

That's the Saturday board. Quiet day, then a stacked Sunday — B's at 1:00, Pats at 4:25, Celts at 8:00. See you tomorrow.

MOAM Out.

New England This Morning — November 7, 2026

 

Not for nuthin'…. But….. Saturday woke up still wet and gray. The overnight rain's easing on the coast, Mount Washington is sitting above a sea of clouds, the Mad River covered bridge is quiet under a heavy sky, and Bartlett's hanging onto wisps of valley fog. Cooler air is on the way — here's how four corners of New England looked around 7:30 this Saturday morning.

Marblehead Harbor (BYC Oceanfront) — Flat gray light over the harbor, with the wet dock, the little white shed, and a blue dory still on the pier while moorings dotted the calm water and the far shore faded into the murk. Rain likely and patchy fog early, then mostly cloudy with a high near 63 and a light northwest breeze. Keep the umbrella handy and watch the leftover puddles.

Mount Washington, NH (Observatory North View) — Above the soup this morning, with rocky alpine foreground, dark ridges clear of the valley cloud deck, and a soft overcast sky. Summits obscured at times, rain likely this afternoon, a high in the mid-40s,  and southeast winds 10 to 15 mph gusting to 35. Dress warm if you're heading up.

Mad River Valley, VT (Great Eddy Covered Bridge) — Gray and still in Waitsfield, with the old covered bridge and its American flag reflecting in low water, bare late-autumn trees, rusty brush, and the white house across the river under a heavy overcast. Mostly cloudy with rain likely mainly after 4 p.m., a high near 59, and a calm wind. Enjoy the quiet stretch before the showers arrive.

Bartlett Experimental Forest, NH — From the top of the NEON tower, bare hardwoods and dark evergreens sit under wisps of valley fog, with the White Mountain ridges rolling off under a gray ceiling. Cloudy with rain likely mainly before 1 p.m., a high near 56, and a light east breeze turning calm. Watch for slick leaves on the back roads.

Webcam views courtesy of the Boston Yacht Club, the Mount Washington Observatory, Mad River Valley Television and NEON/PhenoCam.

MOAM Out.

Woodworking Tip of the Day: Honing Guides: Projection Distance Sets the Bevel Angle

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Stick-out sets the bevel….. On an Eclipse-style honing guide, the distance from the roller face to the cutting edge tip is what locks in 25° or 30°. Get that projection right — and use the right slot — and every chisel and plane iron comes off the stones the same way. Mix up the slots or grab a Lie-Nielsen chart for a twenty-dollar clone and you'll hone angles that look fine and cut soft. I'm framing a Chamberlain Marblehead gunning dory this winter, and I don't have time to fight dull edges. So today: the numbers that stick.

Why it matters: Freehand honing works if you sharpen every day and never rock the bevel. Most of us don't. Asa Christiana at Fine Woodworking puts it plainly: a guide that rides on the stone holds the angle so every grit reaches the tip. The cheap side-clamp guides (the ubiquitous $15–25 Eclipse-style clones) are calibrated by projection. Measure wrong once and you keep copying that wrong angle. Wrong slot is the most common setup mistake — the narrow lower jaw is for chisels, the wide upper jaw for plane irons, and they are not interchangeable.

Materials

• Eclipse-style side-clamp honing guide (~$15–25; roller rides on the stone)
• Waterstones, oilstones, or diamond plates — a 1000, a 4000 and an 8000 (or your shop's equivalent progression)
• A ruler marked in millimeters (or a shopmade stop board with the four distances marked once)
• Optional: scrap board, stop fence and pencil for a permanent projection jig; a protractor to check a new guide
• The chisel or plane iron you're sharpening

Tools

• Honing guide (Eclipse-style for these numbers)
• Flattened stones — a dished stone will round the edge no matter how careful you are
• Ruler or stop board
• Optional leather strop with compound for the final polish

Steps

1. Know which slot you're in. Narrow lower slot = chisels. Wide upper slot = plane irons. Same projection in the wrong slot gives a completely different angle. That is the number-one mistake on these guides.
2. Measure projection from the roller face to the tip. For an Eclipse-style guide: chisel 40 mm → 25°, 30 mm → 30°. Plane iron 50 mm → 25°, 38 mm → 30°. Longer stick-out = shallower bevel. Shorter stick-out = steeper bevel.
3. Don't mix charts. A Lie-Nielsen honing guide uses different numbers — 25° is 1-1/2" (38.10 mm) and 30° is 1-5/32" (29.36 mm). Veritas and other guides have their own tables. Use the chart that came with your guide, or check the angle with a protractor and mark your own stop board. Never borrow Eclipse numbers for a Lie-Nielsen body, or the other way around.
4. Grind the primary, hone the secondary. Christiana's method: grind the primary bevel around 25° (sandpaper on glass, coarse diamond, or a careful grinder), then set the guide a little steeper — about 27–28° — and hone a secondary microbevel. Go higher for chisels you pound and chop with, and for some bevel-up plane irons. The microbevel is a narrow band at the tip; that's what you refresh between grindings.
5. Work the stones in order. Start around 1000 grit to establish the secondary, then 4000, then 8000. Keep light, even pressure behind the cutting edge so the edge stays square. The guide's roller has to ride on the stone — not on the bench beside it. Stones vary in thickness; if the roller rides off the stone, the angle changes every time you switch grits.
6. Flatten the back once; remove the burr every time. New tools get the back flattened and polished near the edge with no guide — once. After honing the bevel, take the blade out of the guide and give the back a few light strokes on the finest stone to knock off the wire edge.
7. Make a stop board. Popular Woodworking and the Lie-Nielsen angle-setting jig idea are the same shop trick: a scrap with a fence and marks at your working projections. Butt the tip to the mark, clamp, tighten. Thirty seconds instead of a ruler every session.

MOAM's shop note: Measure once, mark a stop board, quit guessing. On the dory work — gains, bevels, frame cheeks — I want 25° for most paring and a steeper secondary when I'm chopping. The guide doesn't care how fancy the stone is if the stick-out is wrong. And if you bought a fancy guide, use that guide's chart. Mixing charts is how you spend an hour "sharpening" and still tear end grain.

Sources: Fine Woodworking / Asa Christiana, "How to Use a Honing Guide" and "Get Sharp Fast" (primary ~25°, secondary ~27–28°, stones 1000→4000→8000, back flatten once, burr on the back, roller on the stone); Lie-Nielsen honing guide blade projections (25° = 1-1/2" / 38.10 mm; 30° = 1-5/32" / 29.36 mm) and L-N angle-setting jig PDF; Popular Woodworking, "Sharpening Angles for Dullards" (stop-block approach); WoodWiki honing-guide setup (Eclipse projections: chisel 40/30 mm, plane iron 50/38 mm; wrong slot = wrong angle). Check your own guide's chart before you trust any table.

MOAM Out.

New Real Estate Listings on the North Shore Today – Friday, November 6

New Listings Today – North Shore 29 Towns

Well would you look at that — Lynn's busy this morning….. 27 new listings hit the market over the last 24 hours, across 13 of our North Shore towns.

Top towns: Lynn 8, Gloucester 4, then Newburyport, Boxford, Beverly and Salem with 2 each. One apiece in Lynnfield, Salisbury, Amesbury, Essex, Swampscott, Manchester and Rockport.

By property type: Residential 17 · Residential Lease (rentals) 9 · Residential Income (multi-family) 1.

The MOAM's take: Lynn alone accounts for nearly a third of today's new listings, and about a third of the batch is rentals — buyers and renters both have fresh options to look at.

Contact Nanepashemet to view these.
Nanepashemet Real Estate Services
Call or text 781-727-6516
jnestor@nanepashemet.com

MOAM Out.

Listing data courtesy of MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN); listings shown are held by various brokerages. Nanepashemet Real Estate Services, MA Broker Lic. 136995-RE-B.

Midterm Hangover on Wall Street: The Blue Wave Moved the Tape

By Thursday, Wall Street had finally priced what voters already knew on Tuesday night: Democrats took the House and the Senate in a real Blue Wave. The S&P 500 sank about 4.4%. The Nasdaq fell roughly 5.5% and slid into correction territory. Roughly two trillion dollars came off the tech-heavy indexes. President Trump pointed fingers at Democrats — and, in another post, told voters they had themselves to blame.

A lot of the cable chatter pinned the selloff on “AI panic” — fears that a blue Congress (and a lot of state winners) might slow data-center buildouts and chip spending. Traders fretted about that narrative, sure. Secondary story. I don’t buy it as the main driver.

What moved the tape was politics. Markets hate uncertainty, and a Democratic sweep with Trump still in the White House is a whole new set of vetoes, investigations, and fights over spending, regulation, and war powers. Wednesday’s post-election bounce looked like relief trading. Thursday looked like the hangover — the street catching up to a map that turned blue.

Underneath all of it sits the kitchen-table story that actually decided a lot of races: affordability. September CPI ran 3.7%. Real wages have been down for months. Folks watching their grocery bill, their electric rate, and their commute didn’t need a briefing book to know the squeeze. Oil briefly plunged midweek on hopes the Iran war might ease after the midterms — then bounced when tanker attacks reminded everyone the Strait of Hormuz is still a mess. Relief at the pump would help. We’re not there yet.

Here on the North Shore, that hangover shows up in quieter places: the 401(k) statement, the power bill, the conversation at breakfast about whether Washington can deliver cheaper living or just more noise. Voters punished the status quo. Markets priced a blue Congress. Those are the same story told in two languages.

Who actually wins when politics meets the grid, the retirement account, and the weekly shop? That’s the question worth sitting with this weekend — not the latest Wall Street excuse about robots and data centers.

What are you seeing in your own nest egg and utility bill this week? Drop a note in the comments — I’d like to hear it.

MOAM Out.

Boston Sports Morning Report — Friday, Nov. 6

Not for nuthin'…. But….. The B's went into PPG Paints Arena last night and came out with a statement: 6-2 over the Penguins, third straight win, and Pavel Zacha with a pair. Michael DiPietro made 16 saves, and Boston is rolling at 12-4-1. Meanwhile the Celts tip in Charlotte tonight in NBA Cup group play, and Foxborough is gearing up for Packers weekend.

Short version: Celts @ Charlotte at 7:00, B's host Florida Sunday at 1:00, Pats host Green Bay Sunday at 4:25 with Gronk in the spotlight, and the Sox are still in hot-stove mode.

New England Patriots

• Yesterday: No game (last game: W 24-19 @ Miami on Sun., Nov. 1)
• Today: No game
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 4:25 PM ET, vs Green Bay Packers (home, FOX)
• Standings: 5-3, 2nd in the AFC East, 1.5 games behind Buffalo (6-1), No. 7 in the AFC (last wild-card spot)
• Schedule note: After Green Bay it's Sun., Nov. 15 at Detroit (the Munich game, 9:30 AM ET kickoff), and the bye is in Week 11

Big weekend in Foxborough. Rob Gronkowski goes into the team Hall of Fame Saturday, and he'll be honored at halftime Sunday while Tom Brady is in the booth for FOX. Packers come in at 5-3 as well — should be a good one.

Boston Celtics

• Yesterday: No game (last game: W 109-102 vs Milwaukee Bucks on Wed., Nov. 4)
• Today: Fri., Nov. 6, 7:00 PM ET, @ Charlotte Hornets (NBCSB; NBA Cup group play)
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 8:00 PM ET, @ Milwaukee Bucks
• Standings: 6-2, 2nd in the Atlantic, 1.5 games behind Philadelphia (8-1), No. 3 in the East

Still perfect at home (5-0) and looking for a better road mark (1-2) in Charlotte. After the Hornets it's right back at Milwaukee on Sunday night.

Boston Bruins

• Yesterday: W 6-2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (NESN/ESPN+)
• Today: No game
• Next: Sun., Nov. 8, 1:00 PM ET, vs Florida Panthers (home, NESN / NHL Network)
• Standings: 12-4-1, 25 points, 1st in the Atlantic (2 points up on Montreal), No. 2 in the East, 3 points behind Carolina (13-3-2, 28 points)

Zacha's two goals led the way, Geekie had a goal and an assist, and Pastrnak chipped in a pair of helpers. Three in a row, five of seven, and Florida comes to Causeway Street on Sunday afternoon.

Boston Red Sox

• Yesterday / Today: No games, offseason
• Next: 2027 Opening Day is Thu., March 25, @ Seattle Mariners; home opener Thu., April 1, vs Cincinnati
• Final standings: 87-75, 3rd in the AL East, lost the AL Wild Card round to the Yankees

Hot-stove season on Jersey Street. Pitchers and catchers can't come soon enough.

That's the Friday board. Celts tip at 7:00 in Charlotte, so grab your seat. See you tomorrow.

MOAM Out.

New England This Morning — November 6, 2026

 

Not for nuthin'…. But….. Friday rolled in fogged in, and the rain's already on the calendar. Marblehead Harbor's tucked in a pea-souper, Mount Washington is peering through mist and wind, and the valleys are holding fog while the heavier rain stacks up for southern New England. Here's how four corners of New England looked around 7:30 this Friday morning.

Marblehead Harbor (BYC Oceanfront) — Thick gray fog has the harbor buttoned up, with the wet dock and the little white shed disappearing into the mist and the moorings just dots on still water. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm today with patchy fog, a high near 66, and a south breeze around 8 mph. Plan on an inch or two of rain, and keep the leaves out of the storm drains.

Mount Washington, NH (Observatory North View) — The summit is in the soup this morning, with droplets on the lens, a sea of cloud filling the valleys, and only the dark ridges poking through. Patchy fog early, then a chance of rain, a high near 45, and west winds of 25 to 35 mph. Dress for the wind chill.

Mad River Valley, VT (Great Eddy Covered Bridge) — Gray and quiet in Waitsfield, with the old covered bridge reflecting in a still river, bare late-autumn trees, a few rusty leaves hanging on, and the white house across the water under a soft overcast. Mostly cloudy with a high near 68 and a calm wind. The rain mostly waits for overnight and Saturday.

Bartlett Experimental Forest, NH — From the top of the NEON tower, bare hardwoods and dark evergreens sit under a thick band of valley fog, with the White Mountain ridges rolling off under a pale sky. Cloudy with a high near 68 and rain likely mainly after 5 p.m. Enjoy the dry stretch while it lasts.

Webcam views courtesy of the Boston Yacht Club, the Mount Washington Observatory, Mad River Valley Television and NEON/PhenoCam.

MOAM Out.

Woodworking Tip of the Day: Paint Over Epoxy: Wash, Sand and Prime So the Topcoat Sticks

This is catching the MOAM's attention today….. the day the epoxy finally cures hard on a hull panel and somebody reaches for the paint can. On the Chamberlain Marblehead gunning dory, that barrier coat of epoxy is only half the job. Paint protects the epoxy from sunlight, and the epoxy gives the paint a stable base. Together they last a lot longer than either one alone. But paint does not stick to glossy, blushy epoxy. You wash, you sand, you prime when the system calls for it, and then the topcoat goes on. Skip a step and you get fish-eyes, peeling, or a finish that never quite dries.

Why it matters: WEST SYSTEM's finish guidance is blunt: before paint or varnish, the epoxy surface has to be clean, dry and sanded. Amine blush, that waxy film that shows up when epoxy cures in cool, damp air, will clog sandpaper and kill adhesion if you leave it. Solvents don't take it off. Water does. And once the epoxy is fully cured, paint adhesion is mechanical — the film keys into the sanding scratches. Too fine a grit and there isn't enough tooth. Paint the wrong system over a dirty surface and you're scraping it next spring.

Materials

• Fully cured epoxy on the work (not the soft, tacky gel stage)
• Clean water and a Scotch-Brite pad (WEST calls out the 7447 general-purpose pad)
• Plain white paper towels
• Aluminum oxide sandpaper in the grit your coating wants (no stearate-coated paper)
• Primer if the paint maker calls for it — high-build for filling scratches, or a two-part epoxy primer such as Interlux Epoxy Primekote under Brightside
• The topcoat itself: marine enamel, one-part urethane, two-part LP, varnish, or bottom paint as the job requires
• A scrap test panel coated the same way as the boat

Tools

• Bucket, scrub pad, and fresh rinse water
• Random-orbit sander or a sanding block; vacuum or brush for dust
• Optional: wet/dry paper if you want to wash and sand in one pass
• Roller and tip-off brush, or spray gear if the coating allows it
• Gloves, eye protection, and whatever respirator the paint label requires

Steps

1. Let the last epoxy coat cure fully. The green, tacky recoat window is for epoxy on epoxy. Before paint, varnish, primer or gelcoat, WEST says let the epoxy cure hard, then wash and sand. Cool shops and slow hardeners can take days. If a one-part paint won't dry over it, unfinished cure is a common reason.
2. Wash the blush off first. Scrub with clean water and a Scotch-Brite pad. Dry with paper towels while the surface is still wet so the dissolved blush comes off on the towel instead of drying back down. WEST says plain water is enough; soap, ammonia or bleach can leave their own film. Interlux allows warm water and a little all-purpose soap — if you use soap, rinse hard. Change the wash water. Don't reach for acetone: Interlux and WEST both say aggressive solvents don't remove amine blush.
3. Then sand. Paint grips the scratches. Start at 80 grit if you have runs, sags or leftover gloss after the wash. For a high-build or filling primer, WEST says 80–100 grit is usually enough. For most primers and high-solid coatings, 120–180 grit. For a high-gloss paint or varnish, finish at 220–400. Grits finer than that may not leave enough tooth. Always finish at the grit the coating maker lists. Wet-sanding removes blush and dust in one pass if you prefer that route.
4. Rinse and check the water break. After you're happy with the fairing, rinse with fresh water. The water should sheet evenly. If it beads or fish-eyes, you've still got contamination — wipe with solvent and a paper towel, wet-sand again, and recheck. Vacuum or brush off dry dust; skip sticky tack rags on epoxy (WEST warns the residue can cause fish-eyes).
5. Coat soon. WEST's tip: start the primer or paint within about 24 hours of the final sanding so the surface doesn't pick up shop film again. The surface has to be thoroughly dry.
6. Prime when the system wants it. WEST says primers are usually not required for adhesion on epoxy — the paint keys into the sanding scratches — but high-build primers are useful for hiding scratches and fairing marks, and some bottom paints want their own interface primer. Self-etching primers don't work on cured epoxy. For Interlux Brightside over clear epoxy, the Brightside data calls for washing off amine blush, sanding with 80 grit, then one to two coats of Epoxy Primekote before the topcoat. Interlux also prefers a two-part primer over a single-part Pre-Kote when blush is a concern, because blush can migrate through one-part primers and spoil the cure of Brightside.
7. Apply the topcoat per the can. Follow the maker's recoat windows, sanding between coats, and temperature range. WEST ranks two-part linear polyurethanes as the most durable UV protection over epoxy; alkyds and one-part urethanes are easier but less tough, and some one-part urethanes fight amine-cure epoxy (WEST notes 207 Special Clear Hardener can help compatibility — test). Bottom paints are usually fine over a prepared epoxy barrier; use only primers rated for below the waterline under them.
8. Make a test panel. WEST and the paint makers both say it: a scrap piece coated and prepped the same way as the boat tells you whether your wash, grit and primer actually stick before you commit the hull.

MOAM's shop note: Wash first, sand second. Every time. Sanding a blushy surface just grinds the wax into the scratches, and then no amount of primer saves you. On a cool, damp Marblehead week, assume blush is there even when the panel looks glossy and clean. One wash at the end of the epoxy schedule beats three peeling seasons.

Sources: WEST SYSTEM, "Final Epoxy Surface" (final surface prep, grit ranges, 24-hour coating window, water-break rinse); WEST SYSTEM, "Surface Preparation" (amine blush wash with water and Scotch-Brite 7447, wash-before-sand, full cure before non-epoxy coatings); WEST SYSTEM, "Finish Coatings" (UV role of paint over epoxy, primer guidance, self-etching primers, coating types, test panel); Epoxyworks, Joe Parker, "Comparing Surface Prep Techniques for Paints and Primers" (Awlgrip 545 / Brightside adhesion test; 80-grit under primer, 120-grit on primer); Interlux, "What is amine blush…" (wash before sanding; solvents don't remove blush; Brightside / Pre-Kote / Epoxy Primekote notes); Interlux Brightside data (clear epoxy: remove blush, 80 grit, Epoxy Primekote, then Brightside). Check your own product data sheets for recoat times and final grit.

MOAM Out.

New Real Estate Listings on the North Shore Today – Thursday, November 5

New Listings Today – North Shore 29 Towns

This is catching the MOAM's attention today….. 36 new listings hit the market over the last 24 hours, across 15 of our North Shore towns. It's a lighter morning than yesterday's big batch, but there's still plenty of fresh inventory to look at.

Top towns: Salem 7, then Peabody and Lynn with 5 each, and Beverly with 4. Salisbury, Ipswich, Swampscott and Lynnfield have 2 apiece, and Rockport, Wenham, Groveland, Amesbury, Danvers, Newburyport and Gloucester each have 1.

By property type: Residential 20 · Residential Lease (rentals) 9 · Residential Income (multi-family) 5 · Commercial Lease 1 · Business Opportunity 1.

The MOAM's take: about seven out of ten of today's new listings are homes for sale, including five multi-family properties, which is a nice mix for owner-occupants and investors heading into the holidays. Salem and Peabody are leading the way.

Contact Nanepashemet to view these.
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MOAM Out.

Listing data courtesy of MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN); listings shown are held by various brokerages. Nanepashemet Real Estate Services, MA Broker Lic. 136995-RE-B.