Rewired the panel and sorted out years of kludges
Stripped and varnished all the exterior wood with Jamestown distributors marine wood finish
Patched gel coat again
Applied poli glow
Had a Bimini and dodger made
Installed a new sink faucet in the galley
I replaced the beta marine impeller, pencil anode, and the air filter (lost the old impeller into the bilge)
Replaced the foam in the pilot berth with an rv mattress (cannot recommend this enough)
Installed fans in the cabin
Installed usb chargers around the cabin
Wired in a real switch for the auto helm (previously was just stuck loosely to the battery terminal)
Anyway we had some big stresses in all these. The wiring was a huge nightmare. I had the canvas maker come out and look at the boat in the winter so I had to guess the appropriate boom height with the sail up. I didn’t even have frames for such things before so he had to design the whole job from nothing.
It has a zip on connector panel. Very fancy!!
We also put down Jamestown distributors danish teak seal on the decking.
Launched this Friday on an evening high tide. Saturday we finally raised the main to confirm that all was well. The boom is quite a bit higher than the Bimini. Phew. I thought I was going to be in trouble.
Since the main was up we went out for a shakedown. We sailed a little ways up the river towards a race. We didn’t approach the course. The sky westward was turning black and clearly weather was rolling in. We dropped the sails and hauled ass back to the mooring, which had the dinghy tied to it. The wind piped up to about 35. We were blown away from the mooring as lightning started to strike across the sky. We made several failed approaches to different moorings and finally caught one. Meanwhile the racers were scrambling to get sails under control and find open space to hold position. Now we are waiting it out on someone else’s mooring. Hopefully it’s big enough to hold us.
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