Ok. 8-12 hour working days, plus cleanup, cooking, research, purchasing refit items, and editing video and I’m seriously exhausted. It’s a good exhausted. It’s a “I’m following my dreams” exhausted. I swear to you I’ve never worked so hard in my life (and I take pride in my work ethic). Here’s a rundown of what’s happening …
After three weeks, these are the completed jobs:
- New Lewmar 50ST winches
- New LED Tricolor masthead light
- Deck patches
- Lewmar 700 windlass with footswitches & remote cockpit switch (Super PITA)
- New VHF antennae cable
- New VHF/AIS/GPS and wireless router for NEMA data
- Mount for Ipad in cockpit
- Main taken to shop for third reef point
- Spares for engine purchased
And left to do:
- Finish the hardtop for the cockpit (bigger PITA)
- Get welder to weld up a frame
- Paint nonskid on aft end of boat
- Install windex
- Purchase: flares, jerry cans, solar controller, 2 more solar panels
- Install solar after hardtop is up
- Auto-bildge switches & floats
And maintenance:
- change engine zincs
- remove both exhaust elbows & clean
- lube steering chain
- lube cabin winches
- replace hinges on port lazarette
Then I can LEAVE!!! I can’t wait to untie the lines and head off! Mark Z is coming as for as the keys with me. Looks like I’m on time. I’ve got three weeks left to go. Super pumped.