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Monthly Archives: August 2011

More Everyday

More progress everyday. We are replacing the old abused teak wood around the cockpit and all the teak handrails. We’re replacing the hatch in the shower and installing a hatch in our berth (bedroom) yeah! Teak is prohibitively expensive so we found some beautiful African Mahogany for the cockpit coaming. As with all exterior wood … Continue reading »

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More Progress

Another good day today. Bob installed our Furuno GPS 33 and worked on more wiring. Tanya, my sister and I installed the refrigeration keel cooler and compressor. Also filled a few more holes in the hull. It’s nice to see things going in rather than coming out! Furuno GPS in the lower right corner of … Continue reading »

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A Little Before and After

Below deck wiring and plumbing was a mess. Here are a couple of before and after pictures: After: Also connected the hot and cold plumbing to all the faucets: Riveting stuff! More later!

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And More…

Another good day, lots of progress. One by one we are knocking the projects down off the list. Got lots of wiring done today. Bob wired the lighting panel. We ran the port side fan circuit today and installed two fans in our berth. We also knocked out the fresh water tank plumbing, flushed the water … Continue reading »

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Progress

We’re making progress every day! Bob has been wiring everything, panels, lights, windlass, refrigeration, instruments, and alot of things I’m sure I’ve missed. We ran the wiring for the fans to the v berth and saloon, starboard side, we’ll get the port side tomorrow. We also wired the LED locker lights and they work great. … Continue reading »

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