Guess who?

Still not done...

and More Spring Jobs...

changing our cutlass bearings...
first pray that the previous owner did not put a permanent adhesive like 5200 !

Please budge....

Yes, it's turning...

More Spring Jobs...

1st step: Avi is at it and will be for many countless hours...sanding the hulls (to be able to paint the antifoulant which helps to prevent encrusting with foreign matter such as barnacles; lasts a season or two)

Spring Jobs

Changing our anchor, shackle, and chain-

A tight place?  no problem, send your 50-inch 50-lbs boy to get that shackle all the way at the back between the water tanks....

I am tightening that pin in the shackle well: we don't wanna lose the anchor !

And voilà: the job is done, man!

Before...

and after!

Winter Jobs...

Examples of winter works we did today:

- sanitary plumbing:

Your absolute best friends: WD40 and PB Blaster,....

and tiny screw drivers for tight places....

Lubricating valve

with Steve's help here, we are fitting our 2 new holding tanks.

- the 1336 sq ft & 168 lbs main sail: a broken batten, a batten pocket torn on the way from Florida, and a bit roughed up overall; we'll have to have it stitched up.  Replacing it is out of our budget - these babies cost $7 to $10K.