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Well, I am finished with work for another 2 &1/2 months but the work on the boat is far from done. I am flying home tonight and then taking a week off before starting work again on Stella Maris.
Some exciting things that have been going on while I was away... The boat has been painted with AWL grip on the top sides and new non-skid has been laid down. The interior carpentry work should be finishing up soon and from what I saw before I left should be nothing less than amazing. I have it all set up to have a new dodger made when I get back down there and have a surveyor ready to finish the survey for the insurance company.
I have also started outfitting the boat. Which turned out to not be an easy or cheap thing. I had the life raft picked up for service before I left and found out that it would cost only a little less than a new one and was 15 years old. So I went with a new Viking Life Raft with 6 person capacity instead of the old one with only 4. Not going to lie I was not ready for that cost as they quoted 350$ to have it repacked and certified as it had a sticker on if from only a few years ago... Oh well, there is now cost for safety on an appliance that could save your life.
I also purchased all the dock lines, fenders, life jackets with harnesses, jack lines, mast head light, boat hook, new bilge pump, charts, navigation equipment, and a lot more that I can't even remember right now. It is going to be like Christmas when I get down to the boat with all of the packages that I have to open.
I have also outfitted the galley with the help of my father. We took a lot of advice from the book The Boat Galley which has a ton of good advice from seasoned sailors. I should be a well outfitted galley ready to entertain.
There is still a long "wish list" of stuff that would be nice to have on the list to order in the future.
As for the work, there is still a long list to go but should only take about a month to finish if all goes according to plan. The start of the list is as follows in no particular order:
Batteries |
| Wire for Mast Head Light |
| Bilge Pump Wire and Hose ?Sea Cock? |
| Flares |
| Strip and Paint Bottom |
| Propane Issue / Leak test |
| Install Stern Hatches |
| Fix 2 Frozen Sea Cocks |
| Install Autopilot Arm & Feed Back Arm |
| Re-paint Binnacle |
| Wax Hull |
| Spare Bulbs and fuses |
| Rebuild Frozen Winch |
| Troubleshoot Reefer |
| Troubleshoot Radio |
| Clean bilges |
| Clean/ Inspect Mast Step |
| Swim Ladder / Fabrication |
| Make sure toilet works |
| Bolts on Rudder gudegeon |
| Rubber Seal on port opening hatch |
| Install life lines |
| Install Cleats |
| Finishing touches on deck |
| Install Windlass |
| Bow pulpit and wiring |
| Stern pulpits and wiring |
| Oil change and filters |
| Set up Wind vane |
| Dodger |
| Sail Cover |
| Life Raft |
A lot of work to do but nothing that can't be done. I'm flying down to Wilmington on the 29th and the work starts again. I will try to post pictures as I get them and keep you updated!
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