What Next? Part 2

Working on the storm tri-sail

We are getting very close to departing Juneau. A few weeks ago we had access to a hangar which gave us ample room to sew the larger sections of our new sail. (Thanks Bob!) The sail is now one finished project, and others have been getting checked off our list too. 

There is a new feature to the right under "Field Notes". When we are able to we will post our latitude and longitude. There is no interactive map, so if you are curious to know where we are at you can plot the coordinates yourself. 

What next?

The hatch project, half way done...

The hard dodger, temporarily removed

You may or may not know that Matt is now a full time, but unpaid, boat laborer. I will be joining him shortly after this Friday. Our weekends will no longer be weekends but just more days to do boat work. One of the bigger projects has been to re-design the companionway hatch. Matt has successfully changed it from a partially sliding hatch that hinges, to a hatch that slides forward of the dodger underneath a turtle. Our main motive for this was to create a more seaworthy hatch. On a PITA scale* of 1 to 10, this project rated a 7. The hard dodger had to be removed, and somehow neither of us injured our backs heaving that thing around.

Upcoming projects include sewing a storm sail, and installing and testing two solar panels. I don't think we'll really know how well the panels work until we actually get to a place where the sun shines. (That is a bit unfair, it is actually sunny right now...)

Last winter we also bought Wecantu something special for her to wear for the spring season. She'll be as giddy as a debutante at her first ball when we put it on her. More on that later. 

*PITA (Pain In The Ass)