Projects are being accomplished every day. Again, most everything is on Dave's
shoulders. I keep the meals coming and
run errands. I did earn my badge by
completing my third task (filling water tanks and trimming all the lines were
the first two). Third task- cleaning the
dorades. A dorade is on the deck and
captures air and directs it below into our cabin. There is a scoop on top that can be rotated
into the direction of the wind. It is
mounted on a "box" that will catch rain so it will drain overboard
and only the air comes into the boat.
Ours were covered in mildew. One
of the boxes even had a wasp nest on the inside. Now we need to paint the outside. My friend, Cheryl, would have been proud of
the way I disassembled the units and reassembled them (knowing how spoiled I
have been over the years).
Dave has the solar panels and the radar mounted. We still need to repair the bimini in the
spots where we had to go through it to mount the solar panels. And that includes removing the solar panels first, repairing bimini, then replacing the solar panels. He is connecting all the power for every
piece of equipment that he added. While running wires, Dave found another leak from a gauge on our fresh water tank. He is
repairing a leak in the holding tank for our head (waiting for parts) and still
waiting for parts for the engine. We are
waiting for a forecast of a few sunny days in a row to put the name of our boat
and our "hailing port" on the back of the boat. Luckily, our neighbors used to own a framing
shop in CO and will advise us on the placement before it is permanently
fixed. We would have liked to put Rapid City, SD on the back of our boat, but it has to be the city where the boat is registered, which is Daphne, Alabama.
Still hoping to be out of here before the end of the
month. We'd rather be working on the boat in beautiful blue water. Here is a picture of the new
solar panels and radar, also during and after
the dorades were cleaned.
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