Boat update

There used to be 7 holes in the bottom of our boat. They're called through-hulls and have a seacock which allows water to flow OUT but not in . . . unless of course there's a failure. Dick is quite happy to have done away with 6 of them. This is the only one now, it will allow us to pump seawater into the galley sink.

I laughed when this contraption from an old ringer washer showed up in our yard sale.  Another cruiser found it on his recently-purchased boat and wanted to get rid of it.  I joked that this could be my new pasta machine and got a few nods that this just might work.  Another cruiser said they were finally able to order one through a mail-order back-to-the-Earth-type catalog and loved having it onboard.  Why?  When you start doing your wash on the boat in a bucket, it helps to run the wet clothes through the ringer before hanging them on the lifelines to dry.  Ahhh, this is when there are no laundromats - is this experience going to be in my future?

The boat may be so light at this point that the propellor on the outboard might not reach the water.  The solution was to make an adjustable "jack plate" to allow the outboard to be lowered.

Rupert and Dick teeter-tottered our diesel engine from the ground to a height of 30" yesterday.  We're getting ready to slide it into a pickup for delivery to storage.