Well I finally got out and sailed. everything worked well. My crew (shown here) was a little rusty but I didn't make them walk the plank. I installed the fridge and it works great on battery power but the converter that feeds it shore power at 24 volts isn't working. I wrote to tech support and have a few ideas about what to do. The GPS is great, I think a new radio is next. Get rid of the CD's and use an I-Pod. I need to install a second deep cell battery as well. Never ends. I was watching an old guy from Michigan working on a 43 footer. That's where we are heading next. Man that is a lot of work. I use 3 quarts of VC-17 bottom paint. He needs 2 1/2 gallons!!! At 60 bucks a quart. Great heads up for what's coming.

After two weeks of hard work I am ready to launch
on Saturday. I pulled the teak slotted rails which locate
the sliding coach roof and refinished with Cetol.
Standard procedure, I bored out the holes around
the screws and filled with West System epoxy with
microballons. Re-drilled at installation. Bedded in
3m 4200 UV. Came out nice.