I am still running somewhat behind in getting the site updated. The work progress is still going relatively slow as well as we seem to have slacked off due to the incredible weather. There has been some changes to our personal life that I am going to address now. As of the end of April, Nancy has been laid off from her job. Additionally, we have decided to list our home for sale (prior to knowing that we would be down to one income) so it all seemed to be working out ok for us or at least we certainly hope so.
We have attempted to continue to work on getting some of the sanding and teak cleaned again so we can start sealing it again however, the weather is just not working with us nor is the amount of time that we have to be able to dedicate to working on the boat. We have however, made some progress this month and have completed the following projects: We have installed AC into the boat so we now have 2 units on board. One is 16k BTU for the main salon and forward cabin and one 10K for our cabin in the aft. Wow!! Now that we can have them both running while at the dock, it’s very comfortable down below. Additionally, we have ordered and installed the new Refrigerator and Freezer. Andy was able to install them and get them up an running and then I filled the freezer with meat and veggies. (he said he still needs to get them fully installed for DC alt powers) We removed the portables for now as we don’t need them however, we will keep them as we will need them once we start sailing. Andy will need to get the stove wired and gimbled so that we can use it. In the meantime, I will continue with our 2 burner and skillet for all cooking. We also gave all of the puppies their bath on the doc for the 1st time and they all did really well.
We hope to be back on track and getting projects done soon so we can continue to make the progress that wanted and hoped for. We are still very happy with the status of the boat now as she’s come a long way since we 1st started on the restoration.
We got an offer on the house in 24 hrs. The sign didn’t get put up nor was professional photos able to be taken. So now we are in progress to start the next phase of utter and complete organized chaos for the next month. More updates to follow up soon…