Busy in the marina

We are still in the marina and this Thursday (tomorrow) will be four weeks! Too long in many ways. But tomorrow is get out in the bay day. 

We have been busy everyday with so many projects and all big jobs that often spawn another job. But we are coming together and can start to see light. The salon cushions are done and look amazing if I do say so and I often do!  To do the curtains I have decided is just too much pattern. So I will either look for more fabric here or bring down some next season. But what a huge difference new fabric makes. 

The wind generator is up and oh so quiet. It was quite a job as it was so high up off the stern. Thankfully we have a friend on a BIG boat and he has lots of tools we just couldn't imagine carrying. A ladder really came in handy. The existing aluminium pole had to be cut down and a new base pole acquired and the connection between took some modification. The whole thing went up quite easily (at least from my view point.) It is such a lovely quiet unit and no vibration. Our old unit shook the whole boat and made a lot of noise. The installation of the solar panels was completed yesterday and this morning as I write Brian is doing the wiring hookup. All the wires were run last week during one of our many rain storms. But for Brian to do the wiring a small locker at the stern of the boat has to be emptied and then he has to crawl into the hole and forget a tool or two. That's where I come in chief  gopher. I made four trips to the chandlery for bits as the solar panels were being installed. Two allen keys and a couple set screws went overboard during the process. Your hands get so sweaty as you are working it is hard to hold on to things. Then the cordless drill runs out of juice as you have one more screw hole to drill. The hardships! Support sections of stainless steel tubing had to added at four places just to add to the rigidity. It was an evolving construction plan for sure.

No word on the rigging project yet. 

Today is the first of the weekly gathering of the lady cruisers for lunch and it is always so nice to get together. More and more cruisers ....many old friends now are arriving daily.