NOT YET! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

I am not sure why but she ain't up for sale as of yet. well, let's just say that there are no pictures and no add anywhere I can find. This means that i have to contact the broker and find out why the hell not! Hey, if no one knows she for sale she won't sell and as much as i hate the thought of her selling, it has to be done . . . . that is unless the condo sells. It that black hole of a situation, still lots of lookers but no takers . . so far. It really is a crazy situation!

The "iron Genny" - the engine - is already winterized which means that it is off until the spring. No starting until I have somewhere to go or else I will have to go through the whole winterization process again, along with its attendant costs. I also removed several books from the boat. These are mostly books on repairing and maintaining all of the systems on the boat. It is my winter reading - especially those on "the Mystery that is ELECTRICITY." No matter how many times I go through those books and over the explanations of electricity and circuits and all that stuff, the less clear it seems to get. I would more readily take apart of diesel engine with my limited knowledge of diesel engine, than I would try to rewire a power panel. perhaps it is because you can't see electricity, just its effects, that makes it mysterious.

I will haul out the anchor chain and lay it on the deck. I will oil it and "let it breathe" over the winter. This will free the windlass for it eventual removal and repair. I will blow $25 on a blu-poly tarp and some line to cover the cockpit for the winter, to keep the snow out. Though i will be down at least weekly to check her out, I don't want snow, of which much is predicted to fall, building up in the cockpit. The drains are at best "adequate" for handling water so long as it IS water. Snow and ice building up in the cockpit will lead to the risk of water getting into the boat interior unnecessarily. Paranoia yes, but it is a healthy paranoia.