ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER JOB DONE

SHIP'S LOG:

It got upwards of 58 today(Tuesday). Slowly things are getting back into shipshape. Picked up the outboard from the shop. For sitting in the great wide open for over a year on the stern rail on the boat, it was in surprisingly good shape according to the mechanic at the Mystic River Boathouse. It looks as though it was never flushed after its last use and the salt deposits were everywhere. But now it runs fine and will provide good service til I get back up this way.

ABISHAG is 99% legal. The carved official documentation number has been affixed and the only thing that keeps her from being absolutely 100% legal is the home port is missing. It is too cold for the vinyl to stick so it will have to await the warmer climes to get put on.

The aft head has a leak in the seat seal. It will empty the bowl but doesn't have enough suction to refill it. I am not sure if the seals have to be replace or if the seat merely needs to be realigned. Of course, the seat adjusters are metal and corroded in place and located behind the bowl and are a pain to get at, but it is one of those tasks that needs doing. I won't be able to test the forward head until the electrics are up and running as it has an electric pump system. Hopefully that will be today(Wednesday)!

Yes, the batteries are in, as is the batteries switch. when I say in, I mean at WEST Marine and I will be picking them up this morning. Then we shall see what we shall see.

Also spent some time storing items on the boat, tools and repair items specifically. Unfortunately, they seem to take up a lot more space than I thought. It is definitely going to be a sorting out process that will take time and have to be redone several time until I finally get a system that works.

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

Even if everything goes perfectly with the electrics, I probably won't be getting away this weekend. It is possible but not probable. While I can't ever get the entire list done, there are still a number of small things that still have to be done and I can't, I won't go until the boat is ready. It is less frustsrating now than it was a couple of months ago. I have come to understand that time spent now to get the boat ready and right means there will be less time spent fixing problems later. Again, I am not looking for perfect, but ready.