1st ~ Time is flying by and it's time that we get moving on completing some of these projects. As of today, there is still no working engine. So we are still proceeding with getting progress done on the boat and acting like we are getting ready to leave so we can start our sea trial and shake downs once the engine is in. Today I made the effort to completely empty and re-organize the galley storage, provision boxes on the floor as well as the food storage under our settee and get a complete inventory of what we have, what is going to expire and needs to be eaten 1st. This process took me a whole 4 days to complete beause I was doing it after work then something would come up and stop me or I couldn't finish but after 4 days it was all done and organized.
3rd ~ Andy is up to his shennigan's again... This time he installed a sub wolfer and some speakers to the cockpit. All just because he could! We needed music to listen to while underway. Not sure how this is a priorty item but it was...
8th ~ Andy completed the plumbing and electrial connections to the washer! Yay! I can actually wash clothes on the boat in the washing machine now. I can dry them as well but then the time is 4 hours for one loan because it's ventless drying and takes a hot minute to do one load but hey, at least I can wash in 30 min and hang the clothes on the lifelines with pins and we are all good.
We also got our mantus bridle in today too that we ordered from the St Pete boat show that we went to a few weeks ago. So happy to have this as we will need it for anchoring.
15th ~ I finally was able to put up the curtains tht we needed for privacy in the salon. A little something can make such a huge difference
23rd ~ Back up to Plan B for a drop off from the storage unit so no work done on the boat. Clearing out part of the land for parking and fire pit and removing fallen trees is the task for the day.
Hopefully we can make some better progress next month.... And oh, before you ask.... no the engine is not working yet. It's been dropped in but we need all kinds of stuff, like mounting rails to start off because the newer engine is smaller so it's doesn't fit properly but appartently this is not a urgent problem for the mechanic to deal with at the moment so we are doing our best to be patient for the time being.