FullCircle
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We finally managed to get down to the boat this weekend after an 11 week absence, and spent a blowy night aboard.
I had to fit the new (replacement ) Northstar instruments, fit and seal the new Vetus raw water filter, and do all the pre season jobs and checks.
Happily, I can report that nothing went wrong, and all proceeded at a slow pace due to my recovering back and wrist injuries.
My main worry was that the boat would be full of water again, always a worry. Well, there was about 1/2 a gallon or less, and that was probably from where I was bleeding the raw water system last time onboard.
Nice to see that even though we haven't had a dehumidifier onboard this year, nothing was unduly damp or mouldy, so the extra mushroom vents look like they are working correctly.
Heater fired up, nice and toasty, which only showed up the condensation in the VHF. left that on for 24 hours, and all gone now.
Next we went through all the lockers and pulled out everything, and, happy to report, we found a couple of hidden bottles of red wine. Fab. Sad to report, Shock, Horro, and for the first time, NO WHISKY on baord Full Circle. Desolee.
Still, I went out into cockpit and fitted the new Northstars, and hooked them up to the raymarine NMEA interface, and the JRC Radar/Chartplotter. Astoundingly, given the previous history of this setup, it lit up first time. Double bloody blimey.
Also went round changing all the batteries and checking dates on everything. Next year is a major for us, as we have all the extinguishers, the EPIRB battery and the flares to replace.
Water system emptied and water replaced dropping a dozen or so Aquatabs in to clean it all out.
Vreny, Mr Vreny and AJ Vreny turned up to get out of the cold, and stayed for lunch, which was very pleasant, while I got the raw water system sealed of air leaks. The engine fired up first compression after 2 months idle, and the water burbled out the back. All this success is going to my head.
Lynn did her whirling dervish act cleaning all the lockers, the furniture, and managed to frighten the cooker into disaasembling itself so she could clean it properly.
Then it peed down, and 33 knots of chuff blew the rain into the companionway, so we waited for it to go away, and packed up.
Utterly brilliant weekend, even if we didn't actually go anywhere.
I now need a good day to do a bit of gelcoat filler, and to clean the teak bits, and scrub the decks.
I have decided to come out in May for a scrub and re antifoul, and replace the anodes, so we can go sailing when we have a little more calm weather.
Hurrah.
I had to fit the new (replacement ) Northstar instruments, fit and seal the new Vetus raw water filter, and do all the pre season jobs and checks.
Happily, I can report that nothing went wrong, and all proceeded at a slow pace due to my recovering back and wrist injuries.
My main worry was that the boat would be full of water again, always a worry. Well, there was about 1/2 a gallon or less, and that was probably from where I was bleeding the raw water system last time onboard.
Nice to see that even though we haven't had a dehumidifier onboard this year, nothing was unduly damp or mouldy, so the extra mushroom vents look like they are working correctly.
Heater fired up, nice and toasty, which only showed up the condensation in the VHF. left that on for 24 hours, and all gone now.
Next we went through all the lockers and pulled out everything, and, happy to report, we found a couple of hidden bottles of red wine. Fab. Sad to report, Shock, Horro, and for the first time, NO WHISKY on baord Full Circle. Desolee.
Still, I went out into cockpit and fitted the new Northstars, and hooked them up to the raymarine NMEA interface, and the JRC Radar/Chartplotter. Astoundingly, given the previous history of this setup, it lit up first time. Double bloody blimey.
Also went round changing all the batteries and checking dates on everything. Next year is a major for us, as we have all the extinguishers, the EPIRB battery and the flares to replace.
Water system emptied and water replaced dropping a dozen or so Aquatabs in to clean it all out.
Vreny, Mr Vreny and AJ Vreny turned up to get out of the cold, and stayed for lunch, which was very pleasant, while I got the raw water system sealed of air leaks. The engine fired up first compression after 2 months idle, and the water burbled out the back. All this success is going to my head.
Lynn did her whirling dervish act cleaning all the lockers, the furniture, and managed to frighten the cooker into disaasembling itself so she could clean it properly.
Then it peed down, and 33 knots of chuff blew the rain into the companionway, so we waited for it to go away, and packed up.
Utterly brilliant weekend, even if we didn't actually go anywhere.
I now need a good day to do a bit of gelcoat filler, and to clean the teak bits, and scrub the decks.
I have decided to come out in May for a scrub and re antifoul, and replace the anodes, so we can go sailing when we have a little more calm weather.
Hurrah.
