The boring parts

So from here on out this will get even more boring than simply blank pages. As it is starting to get warmer it was time to head for the boat and get started on my lists. First thing, finish removing the old dingy overhead. Last year we got about 1/3 of it off. Nice. Yesterday I finished that job in the salon, yuck. There were enough cockroach cadavers and empty fossilized egg cases to make a giant cockroach, or something. lots of vacuuming after that nasty experience. I'm obviously saving the trim pieces but the rest had to go. As most monohullers can attest the inside of a boat is more like a cave, dark, close, and occasionally intensely humid. I do hope to alleviate at least a little of this by replacing the old mahogany overhead panels with some bubble insulation and a white fabric type headliner. While I was there I also spoke to the yard ladies, they are so nice, got to pet the office dog as well, sweet. There was some disagreement between the PO's lawyer and myself about the date the boat became mine, which only matters when it comes to storage costs. So I ponied up another batch of green to pay for the "past due" bills. I need to get some help from one of the diesel mechanics to get the beast running, or determine that the beast is really just an expensive anchor. First appointment I could make was two weeks out. I also got the keys to the boat, so can finally lock it up properly. Which is hilarious when I think about it, having it locked up "properly" certainly didn't stop the many brokers from gaining access previously. Will have to look at that a little closer once we start heading out to other places. I have heard that people really don't steal sailboats, but man do they steal stuff OFF sailboats. Which makes sense, sailing is a fairly specialized skill. The boatyard I am in has a large number of boats pulled out, some folks getting their boats ready for what looks like a fun sailing season. Ours depends on if the engine works or not. So now that I have the headliner down I can start some work in troubleshooting the installed electrical system. One light in the entire boat works, well did work, I dismounted it yesterday. Nothing else gets power, got to be some corroded connections somewhere. Also noticed that one of the connections to the ground plane for the VHF has fallen apart. One nice thing is that it, the boat,  doesn't appear to be catching anymore water. Now if I could just figure out what all these ropes laying all over the place were used for...

I did spend some time sitting in the cockpit just soaking it up. However today was forecast to be warm but rainy, I stayed home, will go brave the weather later this week.

LA!