Gone Fishing?

Um, not exactly!  😉

However, I will be the first to admit that, lately, we have been a little lax when it comes to the bloggity blog.  But, rest assured, we certainly haven’t been slacking off in the general sense.  There’s been no relaxing or cocktail-sipping going on around these parts.  We’ve just been so freaking busy with work, boat projects, life, etc. etc. etc. that we haven’t had even one second to come up for air.

So, wanna know what projects we’ve been busy working on as of late?  Here’s a little update for ya’ll…

^^snapped this photo down at the naples city dock the other day. someone sure had one helluva good day on the water!^^

1. We replaced our roller furling lower drum — ours was majorly corroded and wouldn’t spin. *Blog post coming soon (I hope).
2. We rebuilt the new head wall — this was part of our major re-plumbing overhaul.  *Still needs to be varnished + installed.
3. We’re in the process of a total engine overhaul — we hired a diesel mechanic to take a look at our engine and recommend any needed maintenance and/or replacement of any pieces or parts (along with training Jereme to do the regular maintenance).  *This will cost a pretty penny (but a fair penny nonetheless) and is well worth the money.
4. We just repacked the stuffing box for the propellor shaft — our diesel mechanic helped out with this one too.
5. We’re almost finished with our major re-plumbing project — we still need to replace the shower faucet and shower head; install a hose barb fitting on the vent line; and install the new wall Jereme just built.
6. We’re dealing with a busted seacock — but haven’t touched this project yet.  *Holding off until we get a few other projects wrapped up.
7. We need to put the jib back up.  *Major slacking here since we got our sails back from the sailmaker in October.
8. We rebedded another chainplate cover (on the back stay) with butyl tape.
9. We need to replace the propane hose that runs from the tank to the regulator.

After ^this^ fun list is complete, we have several more projects waiting on deck, including…

Dealing with electrical stuff… like our tridata, the spreader lights, installing some sort of solar system, installing some sort of internet system, and fixing the autopilot.

Oh, and then we plan on tackling and replacing our port lights. Cha-ching!  I can almost hear the money flying out of our bank account.  Unfortunately, that’ll be another pricey project. 🙁

Can you tell we’ve been a little busy???

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