We're getting the new boat ready!

Yesterday we spent what was supposed to be a rainy day getting our new 1982 Pacific Seacraft 37 commissioned to be ready for the seatrial next Friday.  If everything checks out, which I am convinced it will, she will be ours Friday night.

There are still a lot of paperwork details to be worked out before we get to sail away from Boothbay Harbor but we should be on our way to our mooring in Rockland by Saturday afternoon.

Kathy on deck at the Ocean Point Boatyard

We spent a bunch of time with Peter (the owner) going over the complex systems in the cabin - electrical panel, batteries, refrigeration, plumbing, tankage and the like.  The more we explore the details the more we realize that the boat is in amazing shape for being 36 years old. Then we got down to the jobs. We gave her a good washing.  While I commissioned the water systems with Peter, Kathy applied wax to the hull and cleaned the teak deck. Between tasks on deck, I climbed down the ladder and wiped the wax off the hull.

Back inside, Peter and I tightened the alternator belt then started to change out the raw water pump as he thought it was bad and leaking a bit. I discovered that the leak was coming from a split in the hose at the pump fitting.  I crawled down into the bowels of the boat through the cockpit locker so that we could removed the offending hose. With Peter at the front end and me at the back the hose came off fairly easily. We'll need to new length of hose which I get get on Tuesday while I'm in Portland.  We'll reinstall it on Wednesday - no worries.

Peter and I then turned our attention to deck stuff while Kathy oiled the teak below.  We got the dodger back on with much cursing as sunbrella does shrink.

Lunch was in order and after a break we headed to Peter's storage area to get the boom and more stuff. There's a lot of "stuff".

We lifted the boom on deck and connected the gooseneck fitting, topping lift, main sheet, then tackled the mysteries of lazyjacks.  Peter's drawing did not provide all the answers.

The forecast was for rain and about on time at around 4 it started to sprinkle.  We cleared the cockpit of "stuff", clean up tools and called it a day.  I needed to do a 5 minute task on Stella in Camden. The first deal was terminated but another buyer was anxiously waiting in the wings so Stella was on the market for about 24 hours. If everything goes right, Stella will be spending her time near Portland Maine rather than in Louisiana.

An hour drive, 10 minutes at Stella, dinner at a sushi restaurant and then a hour back to one of Peter's houses in Boothbay which he had offered for us to stay while we worked on the boat.

Today we'll get a few tasks done before heading home.  I'll return on Wednesday to continue.