First, nourishment to get started! Fortunately, we enjoyed lots of breaks with friends & family throughout the summer – donut runs too!

Our most time-consuming project was the installation of new alternators & alternator regulators with remote displays. The remote displays ended up being the most challenging – not only was running the wires to the helm very difficult, I then had to re-run the wires a 2nd time relocating all to keep away from other wiring & devices, as we discovered electrical interference causing the displays to show erratic messages.

Lots of ceiling panel removal fun – some to re-wire lights & add wall switches. In the cockpit ceiling we had a small rainwater leak which really stumped us – the most obvious was wiring from the solar panels on the roof, but the wire was very well sealed. Finally found the culprit – the wire jacket was well sealed but a tiny gap existed where water could run inside the outer jacket.

Speaking of cleaning-up, our watermaker control panel needed some work too.

Perhaps I got a little frustrated removing the old stern shower, but the new one looks much nicer.

Our nephew Matt to the rescue – helping me replace our 2 “house” batteries @160 lbs. each.

Steam cleaning the “monkey fur” in our cabins – while they looked clean, the residual water was pretty black. “Monkey fur” (not sure why it’s called that) isn’t ideal on a boat, but many boat manufacturers use it as an inexpensive way to finish-off interior walls at lower cost.

Hallelujah – Projects are done!