On the Hard Again

Here we go again.....but this time we are a lot closer to the end.

We had to make sure the straps for the sling where juuuuust right other wise the prop line protector that we added last time would get broken off.  What helped out was the pictures we took last year just before we putting her back in the water. This time we will add perminate marks where the straps go so we don't have to go through this again.  Friday Jason from On The Spot Welding came by to get measurements for the swim platform so I hope Monday or Tuesday he'll be back with it.  They also have a few things to finish on the arch. After putting 60+ pounds up there on top it acted differently and now needs to be stiffened up some more.  I think it is going to be very interesting to watch them reach that high!  Everything that needs to be done is on the uppermost outside edge which is about seventeen feet up. I know there is a tall latter around here somewhere........ Living on the boat now is very challenging to say the least. On the bright side I do get my exercise going up and down the latter. Oh Kathy, I need a screw driver ..... oh and some rags.....oh and some mineral spirits, oh and, oh and, and on and on and on. I wish I could lose a pound for every trip :)

What is he smiling about?

This was going to be the first day working on the auto pilot.....but
last night the head decide to keep filling up. SO... the day was spend rebuilding the head!  What fun!! Now Warren has really touch every part of the boat.:) You know you love your spouse when you work on the potty together and can smile about it. And it even worked when we where done!

We're getting closer.....

 B-flat is finally ready! We named it that because when we first used it, every air valve leaked. Warren just worked on the dinghy for 2 days redoing the transom. We took it for a quick spin .....weeeeeee what fun,  I felt like the little pig in the Geico commercial. Next week, the swim platform. Now if everything works out right, we'll start the auto-pilot tomorrow after we install two  stantions for the life lines.  We just might get to leave the boat yard soon!!!!!!

Let The Sun Shine

The welder came back and finished up the arch and the stand for the electronics last week. Here is a view of the chartplotter and stand.  It is up and runnng. Now Warren is working on the solar panels, he should be finished Tuesday if everything works out right.  The panels are three Samsung 241 watt, 24 volt panels fed into a MTTP controler charging a 12 volt battery bank. We also designed the stand for the chart plotter but forgot that we needed to make it so the wires for the auto pilot could feed into it. Oh well, we'll just have to do what we can. The auto pilot is the next big project.. We will always have a bunch of little project to do along the way. I don't think this boat will every be done!!! But it was 75 degrees today and that is awesome. Its so nice not to be freezing!!!
New Year eve was quiet here and we didn't do to much. There were a lot of fire works and things going on down town in St Pete's, but there are way to many people and traffic is terrible. So we just sat in the cockpit and watched the fire works from afar.
Hope everyone has a great year with many blessings!!!