Sunday we went out to dinner with Deans brother and wife Edie. Mongolian BBQ, where you select your own veggies, meats and such, and sauces, and they cook in on a big flat circular griddle why you watch. Had a good meal and good visit.
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| Kris and Edie at Mongolian BBQ |
Monday was our day to pack, do laundry, and hang with Derek. Kris and Derek did manage to spend some time building some laser tag goggles and try them out.
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| Derek and Kris goofing off with their fancy goggles |
We had a very nice two weeks visiting family – and will miss them all. Also enjoyed the convenience of land, and not really looking forward to life on the boat on the hard. Boat in the water is good, boat life on land not so much.
Tuesday we flew from Boise back to Baltimore, MD, and then the 1.5 hour Lyft ride back to the boat. Got in around 8:30 p.m. Just enough time to put the sheets on the bed, unpack the 8 blocks of Tillamook cheese and put them in the refrigerator, and go to bed.
Wednesday the fun began – boat work. Kris had partially finished the work on the starboard engine when we left, and the parts she needed had arrived, so she set to work putting the engine back together.
Dean worked on cleaning the hull and getting off all the
stains and taping it off for sanding and painting.
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| The hull is clean, and the bottom is taped off ready for sanding and painting. |
Thursday was a bit more engine work, and Kris drained the sail drive oil. She did not like how it looked, slightly cloudy, so decided to change the seals. She took off the props and zincs, and we discovered that the lower hole that held the zincs was elongated. Don’t know why, but suspect that the spacer allows some play in the hub, and need to get rid of that as it may be the cause. So Break Out Another Thousand (BOAT), and ordered new bearing covers for the sail drives.
Dean sanded the hulls.
Friday Kris finished up the engine work, did some cleaning on the props, and worked on installing a new hose on the stern shower. The hose that comes with the stern shower kinks badly, and of course buying a new one is expensive since it is a "marine" part. So we got one at Home Depot, and with a little modification, got it to work. Kris took the Dremel to a small plastic part to get the new hose to fit. That Dremel is one handy tool.
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| Kris modifying a part on the stern shower for the new hose. |
Dean got a first coat of bottom paint on. The only color we could get in the paint we like was black, so that is what we are using. Looks different from our normal blue.
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| The mighty painter. Always wear the correct personal protective equipment! |
Friday evening Dean helped Kris bleed the starboard engine, and Kris was thrilled, that she got it started and it sounded good. Always a worry when you disassemble as much as she did.
Friday was of course pizza night. We ordered from Dominos - not bad pizza, really.
Saturday was Dean putting another coat of paint on the hulls,
and then in the afternoon helping Kris on the port engine. The port engine had a leaky rear seal, so
Kris had to take the bed off, and the engine hatch covers, and then disconnect the
sail drive from the engine. Rig supports
for the engine, so it could be pushed forward about a foot, to get access to
the flywheel. Dean had to help with removing
the fly wheel, and other parts, and re-installing, as the flywheel is very heavy,
and needs two people to remove, and re-install.
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| Kris taking out the old seal. |
We are both dragging butt a little bit, as the work has been constant, but at least the weather has been very pleasant, with lows in the 60’s and high’s in the low 80’s.
We are hoping to get back in the water on Thursday, so still
lots to do.
