People ask what we do all day - an example for the last week, getting ready to cruise is not typical, but should be of interest:
Clean off mildew with Fabuloso...miracle worker- but took a week
Round up a diver
Round up a sailmaker
Clear the stern of the boat and find out what all that rusty stuff is
Install the main and find the area to patch...took 2 hours with wimpy muscles
Install the jib - I guided up the track while Robert hauled
Hook up the anchor
Install new autohelm thingy
Commission the nav system..not done yet
Fix the head
Clear stuck bilge hose
Paint deck....done - three day job
Paint cockpit- tomorrow
Change out batteries - tbd
Connect new anchor chain...laters
Wire up new fans
Fix wind vane
Install new nav lights
Put the dinghy together and hang on the davits
Install all sorts of filters...Saturday, maybe
Cut, shape and install new forpeak hatch.....underway, now.
Install new deck cleats at the windlass
Unclog bilge pump hose
Sew the new bimini and new dodger...will have to do that in Zihuat as Shelley found the
fabric at Eileen's and is sending via a new crew guy
Change out batteries....later
Check zincs
Connect the anchor chain
Reorganize under the bunks
Install more filters....
Visit misc. little shops to buy strange things to connect other strange things.
Check radio........and
on and on...
plus my job of sewing projects.
The catchword about all this glamour is, oh, this is I'O....fageddaboutit and get to work.
Are we having fun yet?
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