Another Project Complete

This was a busy weekend, the boat show was in town, so I had to make my presence.  And I completed another project.  After seeing the show, not all to thrilled, seen one you seen them all, anyway after I left the show I went to my boat and completed my shower curtain track installation.  It took about a couple of hrs. to complete, it is going to be a big improvement.  Hope to go sailing next weekend.  Until then..........fairwinds........

Engine Maintaince

Another project complete, did an oil change on my faithful Perkins, changed all fluids and filters and added new zincs.  The next project is to make a shower curtain rod for the shower/head.  Will proceed after Thanksgiving.  Hope all of you have a good Thanksgiving, including my friend Jacek an Basia.......until next time.

Fairwinds & Following Seas

Next Project

Well at last the holding tank and head plumbing is finished and all is well and the area is buttoned up.  Next project now that it is getting alittle cooler during the day is to tackle my teak toe rail, it is in need of varnish or should I say Cetol.  I am going to probably start this shortly.  In the meantime I am going to be looking for a Manson 35# anchor to put in place of my CQR.  After that or maybe inbetween I need to do an oil change on my Perkins, will be do real soon now. I try to do it every 100 hrs. and I am about 12hrs. away.  So for now I will keep focused on the tasks at hand....... Until later

Fairwinds, and Following Seas.

Project Complete

Well, the holding tank and plumbing is finished, I water tested all the plumbing from head to holding tank an all went well, no leaks, now after the paint drys, I painted out the area in and around the H.T..  I will start to reorganize the much boat gear that will go into the space left from the old holding tank, I should have enough room for my storm anchor CQR and lots of line that now takes up space in the sail locker. Maybe by weeks end things will be better organized and the boat sail ready. My good friend and cruising buddy Jacek always busts my balls on all my gear, spares and not enough storage places for the stuff, and for taking too much time to finish a project. I think now he will be somewhat happy to see this project done and an area of space has opened up for storage. I  do say that he is right most of the time, but I am a perfectionist and like to do things right the first time or at least try to. Rube Goldberg and I don't see eye to eye.

Project Complete ??

Well after a considerable number of days working on the holding tank and head plumbing I can say that it is almost finished.  The holding tank is in, the PVC piping is done and now I just need to test everything to make sure their are no leaks, lets keep are fingers crossed.  In a couple of days I will water test it.  I water tested the tank before I installed it to make sure their are no tank leaks, the new tank is quite abit smaller than the original but it was also alot cheaper too.  The construction seems to be real good, 3/8" thick which is nice a strong.  I will be glad to get this project overwith and get the boat put back together, their is alot of stuff everywhere, including tools.  I will update when the water test is complete.

HOT!!!!! HOT!!!!!! HOT!!!!!!!!!

We decided to take My Lady Too out for the weekend and head out to an island in the Gulf.  By the time all lines were castoff  it was already 85 degrees and of course the wind on the nose, always seems to be that way, wind never right when you want it to be, anyway I motored on, some 5 to 6 hrs later the hook was dropped and a swim call was imeaditaly in order, it was very refreshing. Later once the sun set, the stillness and the HEAT set in and it was stiffeling HOT. Cabin fans pulled duty all nite.  The morning came with a nice sunrise and the heat continued.  I took a dingy ride just to cool off but it was short lived.  Back on the boat I decided to venture offshore but once out the wind died and so I decided to head back home and would you know a breeze filled in and it was you guessed it, on the nose so Mr. Perkins rumbled on for the next 6 to 7 hrs.and once back in the slip the heat still had its grip on us, it would not let up. I got everything secured and headed for the AC.  This is October and it is not supposed to be in the 90's but it is and the humidity is everybit of 90% and no moving air on top of that.  I am going to just have to wait for cooler weather, for me and my crew or everyone is going to jump ship.

A Day On The Water

We finally left the dock Sunday morning and headed out for a sail. Once we passed int marina entrance we had a little breeze starting to set in from the east.  We started out on a port tack and sailed for an hour or so then tacked and headed south for the rest of the afternoon, had a nice smooth sail, the wind never did get over 10kts and speed never got over 4kts but it was nice to just get out away from the slip. My Lady Too likes to be free from the constrains of the docklines, an me too for that matter.  We came back in late afternoon to a hot sweltering marina, was better offshore with a breeze, anyway it still was a good day.  Look forward to the weekend when I go for a few days.  Stay tuned.............

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Getting Ready

The holding tank project continues and I am getting closer to finishing, removed the orginial molded cradle that the old tank rested in and cleaned and painted the area where a new tank will set. Fisnished running the plumbing from 'Y' to where holding tank will rest, I used PVC instead of hose so I should not have any oder issues, have read about using PVC from other cruiser's and it is better than using hoses, just have to use them in runs that do not connect to a seacock and attach with some flexibility.  Now I have to order the holding tank. Today was a beautiful day weatherwise, took down the suncovers, hanked on the genoa and started straighting up inside, I hate a messy boat. Slowly everything is coming together, hope to get out an do some sailing in a week or two. Stay tuned.........

The Projects Continue

The head/holding tank project will continue, in the meantime it is time to get the sails hanked on and the boat ready for some day and weekend sailing.  October is nearly here and the weather should start to cool down real nice and the sailing season will begin.  Like previous years, I sail and still do the work on the project list trying to complete those projects that are necessary before setting off for long distance.  The next big projects will be a redesign of the dodger and new canvas for the dodger and bimini, want to add some solar panels and I have an xtra wind generator that I would like to add too, I have one already.  Hopefully, next weekend, the sailing will begin.

Refitting for Cruising

The latest project is head and hose and tank replacement. I needed to replace the head so I went with a Raritan PHll. While the head was out it was a good time to replace the 10 yr. old hoses. Then I decided to check the holding tank since it is 30yrs. old and found some cracks so it also needed replacing. I got the new head installed and some hoses what is left is the hoses to the H.T. and the tank itself. I am hopeful that I can get this project done in a few weeks. Stay tuned for updates.