New haling port |
In addition to that major upper body workout Ron got up close and personal with the engine and:
- Changed the oil
- Switched out the water/fuel separator
- Put in a new water pump impeller
- Tried to find a replacement fuel filter for a filter with a part number only found in Europe.
Ron also practiced his splicing skills and re-spliced the mooring pendant to make the eye splices larger so they'd be easier to get over our comically large cleats. This also gave him the chance to point out the need for a splicing kit so he can splice braided line, exactly like the new genoa halyard that we just ordered.
I cleaned the inside of the boat, which still had crap all over from every project we've done this spring. I couldn't believe all the sand paper and tack cloth laying around everywhere, or all the dust that collected on every horizontal surface. I pretty much had to wipe down the whole interior, but now the inside shines just as much as the outside!
Repainted near the waterline and a couple other areas that needed a touch-up, hopefully we won't see as much growth as we did last year! |
The quart didn't do the whole bottom (duh) but it did do a lot more than I thought it would |
We're waiting for the new genoa halyard to come before we put the genoa on the furler but we did manage to get the main sail on...which means we FINALLY got to check out our new mainsail cover!
Our nice, clean mainsail! |
Attaching reef lines to the sail |
The new cover is a thing of beauty! |
And with all that we are READY TO LAUNCH! Ron will be calling the marina this week and with any luck she'll be happily floating by next weekend!
Ron thought it was appropriate to celebrate with an obscenely large ice cream. Better his hips than mine ;) |
Wow! She looks great.
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Damn is she looking pretty! So shiny and so clean. I wish I could take a ride on her this summer. :(
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