We have been staying at this really nice condo in Stuart; pool, tennis court, gym, etc. and it is a gated community. We seem to have really lucked out in renting this for the month and it is centrally located near the main stores and services we need and the boat.
Work has been progressing nicely. The water maker checked out today so we know the equipment is ok and like everything else on the boat it probably wasn't correctly installed and that is why we were not getting the flow we should. So now it is on list of things to do; re-install the water maker according to the spec sheets.
Also on the list of things is installing the solar panels. We think we know where they are going to go and we just have to confirm this with the boat yard.
Liz bought a vacuum packaging system so that we can pack away food for months at a time. We have been trying different packaged foods so that we won't be scrounging the little grocery stores in the Bahamas and points south. The refrigeration/freezer installation is complete and we're wating to try it out once the boat is placed into the water. The tentative splash date is the 20th. Before that we just have a bunch of maintenance things to do which will more than likely take up the rest of our time in the yard.
We have been told that the in mast furling main sail is still functional so this year we'll try using it rather than the other main sail that we used last year. We took our bimini top to the canvas specialists and they all told us that it was beyond hope. The good part of this is that the new one will be water proof and when it rains we won't get wet like we did last year.
We haven't taken any pictures of the boat all torn apart so this will be just a simple short section of the blog. Weather has been great with very little rain and temperatures in the 15-25 degrees range. Very pleasant.
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