Are we ready yet???

The last two days have been a blur of shopping and work.
Monday we ran into Stuart for bolts to finish up the bowsprit, extraneous parts for the boat, gas, and provisions. By the time we got back we had an hour left of daylight.

Yesterday we were working on the boat, stashing stuff and trying to raise the wind generator again.
Why is it the last bolt is always the one that fights you the hardest?
So we gave up at sunset.
Today we’ll have to take off the bracket (that’s not fun working blind under the helm seat) and try to put the bracket back after attaching the bolt to the bracket while it’s off.
We ARE scheduled to go into the water tomorrow!!!

After getting the bracket off and attaching the back support of the wind generator to the stern, it was time to get the anchors out of the locker, reverse the chains (this prolongs the life of the chains due to rust), dump the old water from the tank (looks like we’d left quite a bit in the boat last year), put new water in the tank, tighten bolts and shrouds, scrub the dinghy slats, the dinghy, attach the motor to the dink and get it raised to the davits, put the dodger and bimini up, sand and vacuum.
We tested the lights and the stern and deck lights don’t work. Wayne discovered that the windlass is not working and had to haul the anchors and chain on deck the old fashion way (brute force).

My sentence for the evening:
“Okay, we can get her hauled over to the water tomorrow!”
as we watch another pretty sun, set to the west of the work yard.
My hands are stinging, burning and aching – too much screwing and applying force the last few days.
Oh, to have Wayne’s muscles.
I think both of our bodies are quite sore but she's ready enough to go into the water!