Saturday, June 13

Yes, my friends, progress is being made on this old boat. We have replaced many of the items lost from the lightning strike AND we have made some progress on "the list" we had before that. Many of the items had to be shuffled and prioritized because a lot of items require electricity to work.

After the last post, we learned that we owned a bosun chair but didn't know it. We had borrowed one from our Friend Joe Wilson and found out that we have one almost identical to the one we were using. THANKS!, Joe. Have not made any more trips up the mast lately but have made progress on the lower levels of the boat.

Darrell went to Amarillo this week and while he was gone, I did a few more things to the boat. I bought a new stereo as we both missed our music and NASCAR. I got it installed and was jamming to some tunes last night. I did a service on the marine head yesterday - what a shitty job! We bought a new start battery last week and the house batteries seem to be holding their own for now (they are also several years old). I have spoken with a friend who works at West Marine and he is going to come over and help us sort out some of our electrical issues that are above and beyond our level of expertise (inverter and electronic instruments).

I am beginning formulating plans to replace the dodger and bimini on the boat. We had a lot of rain this month and we like to spend a lot of time outside. In fact I consider the cockpit more like our living room than the salon area. Especially with this South Florida heat - we have to have all the breeze we can get. We still get lots of compliments on the boat - many from total strangers passing by in other boats.

Its hard to believe that the summer is going by so quickly! We are planning a July 4th party out there in Blackwater Sound. We're going to raft the two dive boats up on either side of Alibi and people can mill around on all three - plus we'll be legal with numbers of passengers and life jackets and all. The fireworks will be right over our heads and we will have all the modern conveniences right there - what fun!!! Above are a few pictures I took recently off the boat, hope you enjoy them as much as we did being there watching.

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