We got lucky this past weekend (Nov. 2 – 3). There are some men working on a ship in the yard just past our boat and the access to this vessel is through the Reynolds boat yard. So these guys work all weekend and therefore, we could too!!
Many jobs were completed over the weekend (and part of today). The interior of the boat is now clean and mostly organized. The galley has been washed and all the dishes have been returned to their shelves. The fridge and freezer have been washed and they are both ready to be filled (once we’ve moved aboard).
Mark spent a good deal of time finishing the installation of our new emergency rudder. This emergency rudder uses one of our interior doors as the rudder. The “rudder” door is normally the door to our aft cabin which we rarely close. Now it has a few holes in strategic places. Mark made 2 long poles that connect together with the door to become the rudder. All parts of the emergency rudder are stored inside the boat with relatively easy access. Here’s hoping we never have to use it!!
The job list has had some satisfying cross offs, including washing all the boat fenders; emptying boxes and vacuum sealed bags and taking the dinghy to a shop to be repaired. The hardest job we worked on this past weekend was reinstalling the windlass (which Mark brought home to work on). The windlass is on deck and inside the chain locker. It’s very heavy and access is terrible. After much cursing, sweating and just hanging around on deck (that was me 😁), the windlass is back in place and working perfectly. There are other jobs that are still ongoing – the hull is about 70% polished (and looks great) and our new name decal for the stern needs to be placed. Of course the last big job that must be completed before we go in the water is the propeller shaft and cutlass bearing.
It hasn’t been all work – on Sunday evening Julia, Brad and Finn came over to our Airbnb for dinner. We had a lovely salmon meal with a great fruit dessert (thanks Julia). It was wonderful to relax and chit chat away from the boat yard.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 