2(humans) + 2(dogs) + 1(boat): Weeks six and seven

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

- Winston Churchill

On Saturday Ransom’s family came in for Christmas and their excitement for the boat has been refreshing. Seeing our project through their eyes has opened ours to the amount of work we have completed. It’s very encouraging to get oohs and aahs when we show them what we’ve done.

This week’s projects:

· Cut front floor panel for v-berth and cut cubby hole for storage

· Met Mark and Jim to talk about and order new Yanmar for Vitte.

· Prepped engine for removal. Turns out we also need a new prop and prop shaft since the old Mercedes ran in reverse.

Prop (side view)

Exhaust pipe (rusty, dirty, nasty)

· Moved boat into yard for work

Prop

Lining up the travel lift

Strapping her in

Her new home in the work yard

· Installed v-berth panels, something was lost in translation from cardboard templates to wood panels. We ended up with gaps and have no idea how this happened. The plan is to install trim to hide the gaps.

Lost in translation...too bad Bill Murray and Scarlette Johansson aren't here to help us.

· Removed engine

All strapped in

Goodbye dinosaur

Ransom with the engine

· After removing the engine we put it up for sale on Craigslist and it quickly sold to a man by the name of Buddy Greg (LOL).

Side view

Back view

Side view

Front view

Empty engine compartment

· Our new Yanmar came in last week. As soon as we finish painting the engine compartment we’ll drop her in.

Side view

Front view

Side view

· Removed starboard aft panels to remove exhaust pipes, clean, and paint (the hull was BLACK where the exhaust was).

Starboard aft cabin without exhaust pipes and with a fresh coat of primer…I forgot to get a before picture, but if you look to the right you can see an area that hasn’t been painted.

· Cleaned engine compartment and painted with rust stop primer.