Still working on our boat :)

Morning Vistor on a mast

Work, work, work… are we having fun yet? Little by little, the boat is coming back together. Today we maneuvered the pulpit back into place and spent the rest of the day attaching it to the bowsprit and platform. It was a battle to get each bolt in place and to be honest, we’re still not done. We have 2 more to get in and bolted down but we need to replace those and the hardware store is closed today (Sunday). So next we tried to get the forestay hooked back up to the sprit. Yikes. That wasn’t fun either, but after loosening all the shrouds and the backstay (the standing rigging) we were able to get the forestay reattached to the bowsprit. Next the lifelines, this should have been a snap. Except for the right and left hand turn fittings, which caused many tightenings to be loosenings, and vice versa we finally got them all back up.

We tried out the water filter that Pam & Glen (Blue Pearl) recommended and it makes the water here drinkable. After washing down the slats to the dinghy I put some water in the tank and filled a couple of jugs to try out for coffee in the morning. It’s nice to have some water onboard again. I made hot pork sandwiches and corn for dinner tonight.

It was a long day and now time for a rest…