After a particularly long and colder than normal winter, I took the winter tarp off Moxie on Monday. There are so many projects to do do before we leave in early September. I have a busy building schedule (I'm a house builder) and there is a lot to do to the boat to make her ready for our trip. The list of projects includes:
-Installing an Espar forced air diesel cabin heater.
-A new Raymarine "Evolution" auto pilot.
-Garhauer dingy davits.
-225 watt solar panel
-A sailpack / lazy jack main sail cover
-A "Sterling" alternator regulator.
-A new wind instrument
-A seatalk network to get the instruments working together in harmony
-A new chain anchor rode
-Misc comfort and storage solutions inside the cabin.
These and all the regular spring commissioning chores we have to accomplish before we launch in June. We have been updating things like sails and batteries over the last 2 years and we aquired a 10' Walker Bay Genesis RIB cw a Tohatsu 9.9 4 stroke outboard so we will be leaving Nova Scotia with a relatively well equipped yacht. Debbie and I both realize our boat, a Mirage 32, is a bit on the small size, but 20 years ago she would have been considered a normal size to make this trip.
We have never tried a blog before so this is the start. This Blogging will require a bit of a learning curve. Will be updating you on our progress as I'm about to start working on the boat projects.
-Installing an Espar forced air diesel cabin heater.
-A new Raymarine "Evolution" auto pilot.
-Garhauer dingy davits.
-225 watt solar panel
-A sailpack / lazy jack main sail cover
-A "Sterling" alternator regulator.
-A new wind instrument
-A seatalk network to get the instruments working together in harmony
-A new chain anchor rode
-Misc comfort and storage solutions inside the cabin.
These and all the regular spring commissioning chores we have to accomplish before we launch in June. We have been updating things like sails and batteries over the last 2 years and we aquired a 10' Walker Bay Genesis RIB cw a Tohatsu 9.9 4 stroke outboard so we will be leaving Nova Scotia with a relatively well equipped yacht. Debbie and I both realize our boat, a Mirage 32, is a bit on the small size, but 20 years ago she would have been considered a normal size to make this trip.
We have never tried a blog before so this is the start. This Blogging will require a bit of a learning curve. Will be updating you on our progress as I'm about to start working on the boat projects.