When our kids were younger we enjoyed a series of books by author Laura Numeroff. This included titles "If you give a Mouse a Cookie"

If you give a Mouse A Cookie

and "If you give a Moose a Muffin." The books always showed what the unintended consequences are and set up chain of events that ended up where you started. That is sometimes how we feel with the boat. After we closed on  the boat last March it was time to start doing some work and upgrades to her. There was nothing wrong with the boat she just needed some TLC, cleaning and a few things looked after. 

We wanted  to upgrade the batteries and electrical systems and get an engine over haul. In both cases the people people doing the work commented on how nice the boat was and the engine guy was very complimentary of how well maintained the engine was. 

New Inverter

  One of the big things we needed done was replacing the muffler system. It was at the end of its' life so needed to be replaced before we felt comfortable taking the boat out. Other than that there was nothing, or so we thought, pressing to prevent us from taking the boat out sailing.  

  We were trying to get to the boat about once a month or every 6 weeks. So we started working on the many items that we found during our survey.  I was finding that I could only get one very organized thing done each long weekend.  Over the last two years we have done a lot.  In some cases I can't even remember what it was we worked on.  I do know we put in all new thru-hulls, new A/C pump and best of all a new sanitation hose for the aft head!  Now that special project could only have been done with the help of friends.  Dave  and Shelley came and Dave helped put a new sanitation hose in.  What kind of friend even asks a person to do that?  

And finally just before moving to the boat we were able to get our propane burners, but alas not our stove, just before Thanksgiving 2015.

Burners Work