It's starting to come together

This week has been hectic for Jon and I; besides working on Kasidah, we have been doing some major cleaning in the house, in the yard, and of course real work. YES unlike many people in this country that say they like going to work because they don’t have to do much except sit around, Jon and I work our asses off to be successful. I guess that’s what is starting to happen isn't it? You go to work to rest….you owe lots of money and just don’t pay it.

What the hell happened to responsibility or accountability………

Sorry about that but I just had to get that off my chest….can't fully explain to you how hectic its been for us. ;)

We can finally start to see the work that we have been doing on Kasidah the past few months all coming together. Jon finished the glassing on the outside of the propane locker and it came out perfect. He said 'it all had to do with having the right tools' (thanks Schyler). We have the primer on it but will wait to do the whole cockpit so that the colors match
up. The new glassing is under the cushions any how so we aren't too worried about that part. The new head is installed and looks great; all Jon has to do is replace the anti-siphon piece that broke when he was moving it.

Good thing it is being replaced because the thing was beat to crap!

We also managed to install the cockpit fresh water shower “hot and cold” running in. The only thing it needs is the hoses ran down below. Next weekend we will button all those things up and bring the majority of our belongings up. Oh yeah! and if we can manage, we will also try to have a little fun and relax a bit for the up coming Holiday…….

Edited by Jill Libby

Spring has come.

Jon and I have been very busy as you all know on the boat and at the house. We are hoping that in the next month we are “so busy” that we won’t know what we’re doing or where we’re going….more on that later.
We managed to get the holding tank, both water tanks and the engine up and running. I have running “hot” water again. Jon spent a little extra time rerouting the new hoses to the tanks and head but I think he will still be playing with them on Sunday. The propane locker looks great, he only needs to secure the tanks down and that project will be finished. The wenches are back on the boat and ready. Jon did most of the bonding on Sunday and as usual just ran out of parts so will finish that up next time. All insulating except overhead in main cabin is done. I will wait till this summer to do it when Wally the woodworker comes to do the new bookshelves. We cut a new section out in the aft cabin for storage. It was always there but things seemed to get lost in that deep dark spot that you could just barely get your arm in and try to guess what you had in you hand. We also put a coat of varnish on hatches, wheel and cowl boxes which is a cleaner job undercover. We added new LED lights to the Nav. station and put a nice Fluorescent in the aft cabin so when Jon is in the engine compartment he can see what he is working on. We just bought LED dome lights for the V berth and Main cabin, but will have Fluorescents for the Galley and Head, I need some bright lights in some of the boat so I can see what I’m doing.
This coming weekend is Jeremy’s graduation so we will be up at SU on Saturday. We flow Amy in from Texas to see her hubby graduate but it will be a quick visit because they will both be leaving on Sunday to go home. We have had their dog Maya here since our visit to Mississippi but she will be flying home with them also. I will certainly miss her being here because she is still young and seems to get Sara and Blue up and playing more. She is the same breed as Sara a Scottipoo, they are great all around dogs. PS I will miss Jeremy too………

Looks like even better weather to come!

We spent our first weekend at the boat this year. It was not as bad as I thought so that’s a fine thing. We closed the V-berth door and around 2am it was so freaking hot in there that off all the covers went. I really think that by insulating that part of the boat made a huge different in the temp.
We managed to get 90% of all our “to do list” finished. The one big setback was as usual we ran out of parts or something was not the right size.
The new ST70 transducer is in, the propane hoses and sensor are in and propane locker along with new spare parts locker are painted and ready to be buttoned up and checked for any leaks. New holding tank is in and all hoses are in- that was way to easy with the floor up. bedding of deck plates are done, Galley wood top has been modified to accommodate our microwave. New spare parts locker door has been cut down to size to fit the hole. We will need to replace globe on oil lamp since Jon decided to play head butt with it and do a dance around the cabin with it (by the way this will be the third replacement this year). OOOOH and one more thing....We are going to party around a campfire with all the awsome people at Fair Point Marina-Thank goodness they don't drink alot:)
This coming weekend is going to be in the 80s so it will be a big change from last week. I’m not complaining but it should be a scorcher under our canvas working. This weekend our plans are to finish propane and have it running, have holding tank and monitor up and running, have new water tank up and running, have deck wash down and new cockpit shower up and ready. Oh ya one more thing if we have time, is to remount our main wenches.
Thought I would add a photo that Amy sent on her first morning in San Antonio, TX where she will be for the next four months flying.

Nice Weather

We went to the boat on Sunday and measured for water tank hoses, holding tank hoses and propane hoses. This will be the next thing to work on. it was very cold at the boat but managed to get our check list completed. Kasidah’s new holding tank was dropped off on Friday so that heavy puppy came up with us to the boat. It went in its space without a hitch, we had a Fireboy monitor put in the top so we can have an accurate reading of just how full of crap we are.
I finished the cleaning and organizing of the V-berth so starting this upcoming weekend we will stay on the boat during the weekends to try and do more work. The weather seems to be slowly warming up so it is that time.
Defenders are the marine warehouse that we purchase most of our boat stuff from and these guys are fast, they are in Connecticut and the parcels always arrive the next day “how do they do it”.
Schyler came up Sunday to see the work we have done on the boat, we only wish we had more time to visit but I guess that’s for another time.
I wanted to let Dick know from Greyhound that I really hope Jon looks as comfy and content as you look in that last photo on your blog when we get out there. You guys are making our work time on the boat that much more exciting just by sharing with us what its like out there. Thanks.

We're Back

Our trip to Mississippi went great, dinner was very enjoyable and the graduation was very eventful. Everyone got to check out the planes Amy has been flying and also get some time in a T-1 simulator. Amy and Maya drove back to NY with us, and we all made it back 28 hours later. We're back into the swing of things here and will be back to the boat on Sunday. We'll be taking lots of pictures of our many projects and will post them and update you as they are completed.