Not to bore you all, I will try to give you the Cole's Notes of work done to BoomDeYada this year as the list is too long to cover here:
Installed the dinghy motor crane; purchased a new dinghy - aluminum hull, great to run up on to the beach; replaced the standing rigging (the wires that hold the mast up); installed a new radar dome (Garmin 18" HD) 2/3 way up the mast; Purchase new 73lbs Rocna anchor - works great, rated very high for holding power, and marked 200ft of chain so we know how much rode was put out when anchoring; two sails inspected and repaired; replaced aft aluminum holding tank with Stainless steel tank...it had let go being 20 years old and dropped 10gals of the brown stuff in the hull - not a nice job; replaced all sanitation hoses; forward holding tank still to be replaced; disconnected two of three water tanks and moved water pump to be self-priming (the two empty water tanks will be converted to fuel tanks, giving us an additional 60 gals of fuel on board); replaced cockpit enclosure with new canvas and lexan front windows; replaced all lights with low power LED's (now I don't have to worry about leaving a light on); reconfigured water supply from sea water to fresh water for both heads (toilets); registered BoomDeYada, the dinghy, EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), radio license and MMSI#; and completed several other little jobs.
Currently, there are two whirling agitators under her belly pushing the warmer water from below to hold back the encroaching ice as she floats cold and lonely throughout the winter...shrink wrapped (covered) and winterized (non-toxic plumbing anti-freeze flowing through her veins and organs) hoping for a mild winter, although I put about 14 gallons of -100 anti-freeze throughout...I'm still learning the winterizing process for her; we will see how well I learned from last year when the Spring rolls around...hopefully no cracked pipes, hoses, taps, toilets and/or thru-hulls.
Next season, install the AIS600 (Automatic Identification System) which allows us to see other vessels on our chart-plotter and for other vessels to see us; LED strip lighting in the cockpit and throughout the interior...adjustable colours for each mood; purchase and install a water-maker (desalinization unit for making drinking water from sea water); Purchase and install a Single Side Band radio for long distance communication; haul out to install a line cutter on the propeller, pressure wash the hull to apply anti-foulant and have the rudder and keel bolts inspected (I might even cut a few inches off the bottom of the rudder as it sits a few inches deeper than the keel); and of course move onto the boat, cut lines and shove off in July...first destination - Thousand Islands before heading down the Erie Canal.
This weekend, our dock neighbour and a helluva guy (Vlad) put on his scuba gear to dive under our boat to measure for the line and net cutter by the prop; well to keep it short, the water was near freezing and despite pouring warm water into his wet-suit he was unable to get the necessary measurements...we will try again in the Spring.
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