Wednesday, May 20, 2020

May 16 Monthly Update

May 16

So another month has passed by with the boat still in Jacksonville and us mostly at the "dirt house".  where isolation has been an interesting experience.   We're safely secluded in rural GA on Lake Hartwell.  Pretty much locked ourselves in  here with just a weekly trip to the grocery. Really odd fixing and eating so many home cooked meals after a year of  continuously  eating out along the way on the trip.   After getting tired as well as caught up with binge watching previously  recorded TV programs, we finally started doing some work around here.  Being in the woods we annually need to pressure wash our deck, patio and dock so that wound up taking multiple days since it now had 2 years of grime built up.  But the finished results always look good.  Only problem was one projects always begets another and in this case we decided the current railing around the deck had seen better days and needed replaced.  So,  a little internet research for designs, a long list of supplies and several trips to the local lumber yard and we were ready to start.   Got to say that Martha was a trooper  working alongside  me and keeping me straight as we calculated picket spacing.  Pretty happy with the final result. Certainly a big improvement over the old railings. And of course we've been enjoying our sunsets over the lake.


If you fall off the deck now, it's your own darn fault!

Sunset over Lake Hartwell

Things started opening back up in FL and Lambs Yacht Center was finally ready to take in  our boat to start on some projects so we headed back to Jacksonville.  We had been away from the boat for 6 weeks!!  First order of business was giving it an overdue washing.  The trip from  The Marina at Ortega Landing over to Lamb's was a whole .77 miles  taking us under one hiway bridge and one railroad bridge.  But it felt so good to just fire up the engines and move again.   Even  got to practice our  docking skills  leaving our tight slip  and doing some fancy spinning and backing into a spot at Lamb's.   A leaking front windshield got recaulked and Cummins of Jacksonville came by to diagnose and fix an issue  with incorrect oil pressure readings on the  the electronic  dash readout.  Then things came to a standstill waiting for our turn to get hauled for a bottom cleaning and some cosmetic hull repairs.  Spent the days boatbound so read a few books and  did an awesome jigsaw puzzle that was passed our way via  our friends on InQuest.  Had a good view of the Blue Angels flyover honoring the medical workers in Jacksonville, Got word from Lamb's it would be  a few more days before they could get us hauled so we packed up and headed for home again.  Gave us time to start our downsizing/simplify process.  Ads generated for selling a few cars.  Off site garage was listed with a realtor. 

Puzzled by the puzzle

Working without a picture of the final product but shapes of pieces gave us a clue

Waiting to put the final piece in.

Blue Angels honoring medical staff heroes


 Got the call to come on back for haulout.  So here we are in Jacksonville again.  Boat successfully hauled out.  The scale on their lift is the first one we've used that actually worked.  Found out the boat  weighs 39,000 lbs. with half  full diesel tanks and 1/4 full water tanks.  On the hard  finally and thinking about the final leg of  our loop back to Charleston and crossing our wake.

Getting hauled  out of the water - easy work for Lamb's 100Ton Travelift

Bottom is in pretty good shape - just a little slimy. 
 Running gear covered in barnacles - not so good.

Quick pressure wash cleans right up.  We managed to make the trip without  getting a bow moustache although a little 5 o'clock shadow is starting to show


Blocked up on the hard.  Is that our next boat in the background???  
Martha says "You wish"...note, she didn't say "As You Wish"



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