With the pandemic resulting in a new ability to work remotely from the boat, a number of upgrades and repairs commenced.
Julian Sargeant of Flabo Brightworks LLC stripped the spent epoxy from the rubrail and refinished the original teak drop boards and companionway and
Eric Graves of Detail Wash detailed the hull and topsides
Osmotech Annapolis, Inc.provided a teak guy to replace missing plugs and repair the caulking
East Coast Marine Rigging installed a new Signal Mate Tri-Color Anchor Light (LED)
and replaced the deck light bulb on their way back down
After finding six entry paths for bugs, dorade caps were lifted and vent pipes were capped with screens.
The electric winch quit working but came back to life after removing the carbon dust which had filled it
We won't talk about how many tries it took to get it all back together properly.
The fuel gauge sensor was found to be still in good shape such that the new one will be kept as a spare
The water tank sensor however, did need replacing
The physical replacement was pretty straight forward, but the electronics are still yet to be worked out as the gauge needle still reads either empty or pegged negative - even with a new gauge which is yet to be installed in the panel
Later in the Fall, Yacht Electronic Services (YES) inspected the electrical system and installed
two Victron BMV 712 smart amp-hour monitors and a 600-amp busbar
Replacing an old xantrex monitor which had flashed red in error since the day after the survey
A few of the bright spots included:
A visit by a pair of bald eagles to the marina
Beautiful moonlit evenings to spend alone...
Rainbows from time to time....
And an opportunity to fly the spinnaker when the winds were light
And through it all, Cassie managed to entangle and enjoy herself as we spent so much more time together...
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