Monthly Archives: March 2011
Finally
We closed on our house in Florida yesterday! There was some drama near the closing but everything worked out and we are Florida home owners!!!
Another productive day!
Yesterday was a very productive day! Still have not completed a single project but we are making progress in that direction. In an effort to get the boat ready for launch I have been inspecting the through hulls and seacocks, I found four that were spinning and showed evidence of leaking. Of course even with … Continue reading
Running around
This was a planned running around day due to the weather forecast. Although it started out pretty crummy the sun poked out and it warmed up a bit. I had to cut off a couple of screws from one of the seacocks so I set out to find replacements in bronze. I had heard good … Continue reading
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Yesterday was fairly productive. Even though not one project was completed I did make progress. In preparation for launch I disassembled the seacocks for inspection. It had been years since these were apart and not even PB Blaster would help. I ended up cutting the screws with my dremel. I’m pretty sure these seacocks were … Continue reading
Davits
Although we are focusing on prelaunch projects we had to get the davits installed. Davits were not necessary for launch, it was merely a matter of logistics. Our dinghy was in storage two hours away from the boat and Bob’s truck was the only means available for transport so we had to get the davits installed … Continue reading