Gotta apologize, as the posts have been a bit sporadic these last couple weeks as life has been busy but we keep going. Hotwife had a hip operation so it’s been a week of having the kids on the boat with her elsewhere; then when she as able to get back on the boat on crutches I needed to take her to appointments for most of the next week. So I missed my usual writing schedule and missed some of the work I needed to do around the boat as well. With hotwife back on the boat, things have settled down a bit. Take a look at Quincy, she won’t even move now when crutches go over her: 
We’re looking to do the following while T-5 is hauled out: three coats of bottom paint, drop and inspect the rudder and it’s bearings, have a dripless seal installed on our shaft, have a freshwater foot pump installed in our front head, have a saltwater foot pump installed in the galley, have the gray water flow changed from our 50-gallon (below the water line) tank to direct overboard and possibly remove the tank, unfreeze all the throughhull handles and fiberglass over throughhulls we don’t use and clean and paint the main bilge. But this also gives me strict deadlines to get the washer/dryer taken out and if I’m going to put in a composting head…I’d like to get it done before the haul out.
So we have a bit to do.
We’re a family who got a good deal on a great boat and now have to dedicate the time to fix systems and give her the TLC needed to prep her for cruising. We’re doing just that. We’ll start our YouTube Channel in June and post every one of our complete free video travel logs on this blog. We’ll also continue to post with mongo lots of pictures as we go along. If you want to read it all and share in the action, please think about following us and continue to follow us as we go.