We are making progress on boat refit. Just finished building battery box and installing
four new Trojan 12v, Grp31 Overdrive 102Ah batteries and rewire. Three for house and one for engine.
Refit items completed so far are:
- Self-steering Hydrovane unit
- New double stern rail with boarding ladder
- Solid fuel Cubic Mini stove for heating
- New bimini with side curtains and screens
- New vee berth cushions
- New 27 gal waste holding and 40 gal water tank
- New Lofrans manual windless
- Replace old seacocks with Groco BV seacocks with backing plates
- Installed Cruise RO water maker
- New lifelines
- New AIS, WiFi Extender
- Various safety equipment (EPIRB, LifeSling, MOB strobe, gas/fumes monitor, damage control equipment, and fire extinguishers)
Items left is new bottom job (barrier coat and antifouling),
new standing (upgrade to ¼ inch) and running rigging upgrade (halyards, sheet
lines), new roller furler and headsail, and half tower to place solar panels. We are going to have this work done in
Pensacola Ship Yard by the following vendors:
- Shurr Sail, Hunter
- Zern Rigging, Rick
- Perdido Sailor, Brandon
- Blue Coral Sport Fishing Towers, Roland
