Spectra Water maker done - 2012

October 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
The blue lines are the product water maker lines.

New laptop-Kindle Fire HD, Boise speaker, Kindle Whitepaper,and camera - 2012

We purchased a new laptop from Fry's Electronics and it was less money than the popular tablet and does a 100 times more (biased I agree :))! 

False floor (deck)

Debbie built a false floor (deck) for the cabinet that the water maker filter is in. The one that needs changing a lot. There never was a floor there and theitems would sit on the wires and hoses snaking through. That is not good.

First she made a template and the used the template to cut out a piece of marine plywood to fit.

Then a couple more cuts and fits for a screww on the bulkhead and then some wires and it fit perfectly.

Debbie then drilled a bunch of holes in the floor to vent it. There is water that can drain through the hull to the bilge in the area.

After all that Debbie painted it and then messued for the brace to hold the floor flat. After screwing in the brace and the paint drying she installed the floor. Debbie added a screw for a esay handle to pick it up for inspetion ect.


 
 
 
 

Spectra water maker through hull installed - 2012

October 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
Our new Achilles LSI-310E dinghy is also a work boat now.

Diving gear at Sport Chalet

 Picked up a set of diving gear at Sport Chalet for cleaning the bottom. It all came in a handy dandy carring\storage bag. Debbie gave it to me as a birthday gift. Yep down under for the bottom cleaning but the water will be worm!

Edison one step arrived

Our Edison step arrived. We also sold our dock steps to Ann Marie and Ralph who have a Catalina 34. They will pick them up at our cut the lines party next week.

Water fall faucet and vessel head sink - 2012

The water fall faucet for our vessel head sink came in.

Saving the Merc two stroke - 2012

Standing up in the storage area.
 It is hard to let go of the Mercury two stroke 4 hp motor. It has forward and reverse and neutral on the side. It runs great and uses little gas. It has an internal gas tank, so it is self-sufficient.

Magma boat stabilizer

We picked up a Magma “Rock ’n Roll”™ Boat Stabilizer (flopper stopper) just because we do not want to say we could of but didn’t do it as we rocked side to side at an anchorage. It is a bit pricey and a bit heavy but we went for it. At the swap meet we looked for some plastic round cone ones as a possible solution but there were none.

Dingy lock cable made up

Chris at Dwonwind marine helped us with fabricating a dingy lock. We bought 25’ of heavy life line and two crimps for the cable. Actually Downwind did not have enough of the heavy life line so Chris sent us over the Sailing Supply to get it. Also Downwind did not have a large enough crimper to do the job. Chris said 25’ was needed in case we had to climb ove a couple dingys at a busy ding dock, makes sense. The eyes a made small so they can be squeezed together and slit in through the ole in the dock cleat. The other end is around the motor lock or some other way locked to the boat etc.
 So we went to the rig shop at Sailing Supply and Debbie and I got into a music conversation Ed the rigger. Seems he plays in a locals band with his guitar. He offered for us to come jam with them or him but we are leaving town. So Ed crimped up the cable and off we went with our new dingy lock up cable.

Honda Motor mount welded on at Benchmark Custom Welding - 2012

OK we have a really nice Honda 9.9 hp outboard motor. As it turns out we have no place to mount it! It will not fit where the Mercury 4 hp two stroke sat on the stern rail.

Screens

Out of all the places to have screens on the boat we thought we had them all covered. Debbie is in the process of making one for the companionway. But at the swap meet Mike and Holly had a couple of dorad screens they gave us. Hmmm, now where else could the little critters get in?
Now to get a coat of red paint on these dorads!

VacuFlush maintance

The VacuFlush toilet got maintained. We replaced the ball valve and the rubber seals over it. These will go on the spares list also.

Back up and flushing.

Baja Ha Ha, in a few days, to-do-list! - 2012

October 2012 - In Kona Kai Marina, San Diego, CA

 Our to-do list is getting hacked almost daily. There are now things we know we are just not going to get done. We have the parts but not the time. For instance we have the LED lights but not the time to convert the rest of the salon lights to LED.
There is only a few weeks left so it is crunch time. We are hoping to take the last week before we leave off from projects and relax before we start out trip south.

Water maker through hull in -done - 2012

 
 Putting in the Spectra Ventura Water maker 200TDeluxe through hull strainer and connecting it up was a bit more challenging than we would have thought. The angel through it off a bit and couple different setups had to be tried and there was limited space for a wrench.

starboard cap rail finished

We finished off the starboard cap rail and are now going to start the port.

There is not really a mark on the cap rail it is the light and camer thing.



More Spectra water maker work done -guages - 2012

 
The Spectra water maker gauge and valve got installed. First we had decided on the location of under the sink.

New curtains for our big windows arrived Look great! - 2012

October 2012 - Marina Kona Kai San Diego, CA
New curtains.

Chinese paper lantern. - LED light

 We picked up this cool new light from snow peak.
  • LED candle lantern
  • It has three different brightness’s and also you can dim it.
  • It can run on re-chargeable batteries or even a USB connection.
  • It has a candle mode which flickers variably.
  • It will sit on its hook fo candle mode if desired. The light has a rubber shade so it will not ding thins up.
Got to love this little light. We are using this in the cockpit and as a candle in the salon and cockpit.


  "The sacred Hozuki plant was the original design for the ancient Chinese paper lantern. We have adapted this design to capture the beauty and romance of the Chinese paper lantern in the creation of this new Snow Peak product. The new Hozuki Lantern combines functionality and beauty like never before in outdoor lighting. Now, you can create the romance of a candle without burning down your tent. The Hozuki Lantern features an innovative Candle Mode that allows the LED to respond to sound or wind with a flicker of light; press the on/off button twice to enter candle mode. In addition, the Hozuki has three different brightness settings allowing you to light up your favorite book before going to bed or the entire campsite while cooking your dinner."