Tracking down leaks
One thing I’ve been noticing is a lot of water in the bilge. I thought this was just fresh water from rain/snow, but it’s been dry for several days and the bilge was still filling up, so I decided it… Continue reading
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Next Steps
Now the boat is in Fisherman’s Wharf, I’ve had to think exactly what steps I needed to take to get her ready to live on. The first thing I decided was to remove as much stuff as I could from… Continue reading
Windchime reaches her new home
This was going to be a two part process – Monday evening I was going to get the boat in the water, and then Tuesday move it. Arriving Monday, I was greeted like this. WHAT IS IT WITH SNOWFALL… Continue reading
Getting ready to go
I got back from my week long work trip, and paid a visit to my boat. I checked on the status of the dehumidifier and found it hadn’t collected as much as I’d hoped – on investigation I found why… Continue reading
Getting ready
I arrived at my boat and was pleased to see the yard had finished the painting – the bottom looks a lot better now! I’d planned to fix some of the gel coat that had been scraped off on… Continue reading
Picked up my keycard and assignment today
I’m on E Dock, at fishermans wharf. This is great since it’s the furthest dock from the touristy areas!
Painting!
Or maybe not. After arriving at the boat today, I started marking off the waterline with green painters tape, and then abruptly decided to get someone else to do it. This was for 2 main reasons: – Firstly, for maximum… Continue reading
Cleaning!
After a long few days of sub-zero temperatures, meaning the water at the yard wasn’t working, it finally warmed up enough so the water started running again. Which meant that I couldn’t postpone cleaning any longer… here are some example… Continue reading