March 30 - April 3, 2014: Some new stuff

The boat gets more final touches. Last Summer while in Sun City during August, Ger refinished the Name Boards that go on the port and starboard sides of the boat. New gold lettering and 8 coats of varnish. we re-installed them onto the boat and they look great. Had to also wire up and mount the port and starboard (red and green) running lights.

 

We keep our inflatable boat (for going about when at anchor) on the back of the boat. It needed a thorough cleaning and some addition of air. Not rocket science - but needed to be done. 

Two years ago at the Ft. Lauderdale boat show, Judie fell in love with a "shiny new anchor". It also happened to be the top-rated anchor in the industry. One of our biggest concerns is anchoring out and waking up in the morning and being a few miles away from where we went to sleep! So in addition to a GPS based alarm system called "Drag Queen" that runs on the I-phone and I-pad; we have the anchor installed onto the boat. It has been stored in our shower for 2 years and finally gets to see the light of day.

200 feet of new chain for the new anchor!

Shiny thing!

We have a great friend and mechanic, Gary Wolfe, who has cared for the boat for the last four years while we were back in AZ. On Wednesday morning we went for a short cruise to calibrate the auto-pilot and check the main engine alternator under load. Alternator is fine and autopilot needed a little "tweaking".

Gary Wolfe and Ger