It’s a mad push to finish up and move aboard. We should be living aboard in a week! We have come so far (with a tremendous amount of help) and we are almost finished. We have electricity, we have water, and that leaves…you know…

Quick recap. We ripped out the rotted butterscotch ceiling panels, insulated the ceiling, then installed white panels to lighten up the galley and saloon:

Once the panels are in we installed the wood trim around the companionways and hatches:

We also installed the lights, they’re combination white and blue:

Ceiling is done, trim is in. Wired the fans also. The white ceiling makes a huge difference:

We have running water! And beneath that we have a new counter top!

The counter top installation was a bit of a chore but it came out quite nice:

Fridge freezer and sink cut outs:

Fridge and freezer covered:

Galley when we bought the boat in 2007:

Galley now. Cleaned, varnished, new ceiling, new ports, new hatches, new lights, fridge and freezer etc. We love it:

We installed these really nice LED strip lights everywhere, they are warm white and really light up the area while using a tenth of the electricity:

We installed bright white LED tape lights in the fridge and freezer:

Fridge is working perfectly:

Freshly cleaned and varnished engine cover. Still needs a little adjustment but it’s in:

Generator control panel is installed:

We installed new lights (blue and white) throughout the boat. New light above the nav station:

New Garhauer blocks for the main sheet:

In between squalls we got the genoa sail up tonight, that makes two out of three:

We installed our dinghy davits, four solar panels and charge controller, free electricity!! Also mounted our little Furuno gps antenna:

This is just the highlights from what we (and others) have been up to. We should be living aboard in a few days!