Let me start by telling you: this project is no joke! I have spent over 40 hours on it this week, and I’m only through with the locker body. I haven’t even started the process of cutting big holes in Holiday and mounting this bad boy. And, I also...
Took a break and took a sail
After a couple of weeks of either boat work or tropical storms, we said, “enough is enough!” and had to get out on the water for some sailing. Our friend Denise who likes anything and everything that has to do with the water came to visit for the weekend,...
Starting on the Propane Locker and New Stove Arrival
So, I went about cutting the fiberglass pipe to the correct height for the propane locker. This pipe will be the main body of the locker that the propane tank sits in along with a top, bottom, and some other pieces that I still have to make, all caulked...
Fishing prep and waiting for propane parts
Not too much going on this week as we’ve been in a holding pattern waiting for parts to come in for the propane conversion. The highlight by far was on Sunday when some friends had us over for dinner and to teach us how to set up our trolling...
Out with CNG, in with Propane
One of the last items on the “To Do” list was to exchange or refill the compressed natural gas tanks that we use for cooking. This was a task I had never done before due to the tanks last a while, and we don’t cook all that much on...
Insulating the Reefer
Lindy and I have always noticed condensation on the tops of the refrigerator lids and that they are just two, one inch thick boards without insulation. Also, there is no gasket to make an air tight seal when closed. Basically, we are making the compressor work a lot harder...
Contortion and Manatees
Today we set out to rebed the anchor roller and a mount for the spinnaker pole that we had noticed needed attention. Rebedding is pretty simple: remove the piece of hardware, clean it and the deck up really good, add some sort of caulking, and replace. Over the years...
Finally Sailing
After months of mostly boat work, we finally got out sailing. Especially these last few months, it has seemed like Holiday was always in pieces with junk from on going projects laying everywhere. It felt awesome to have everything ship shape and go do what we really love to...