Going Somewhere?

We have been working on LaLeLu for the last three months preparing her for our planned trip to the Bahamas. Some of the highlights of our Installations/projects include:

1. Install SolarStik on transom (to hold solar panels);

2. Install two 50 watt solar panels;

3. Install Blue Sky charge controller;

4. Add two 12v plugs in cockpit;

5. Mount forward cabin TV on bulkhead;

6. Mount ditch bag forward cabin bulkhead;

7. Hang port flag halyard for radar reflector;

8. Install door in aft cabin for access to storage;

9. Move antennas on SolarStik;

10. Make board for gerry cans;

11. Clean/lube all winches;

12. Install water filter;

13. Hang MOB pole;

14. Re-arrange all rail mount items and take off non-necessary things;

15. Clean out lockers/cupboards and repack with things for trip;

16. Provision with spares, food and water.

I am sure that there are a dozen additional things that we have done that I am forgetting about right now. We have been working every weekend and the lists are getting checked off at a feverish pace. Funny thing is that no one associated our flury of work with an impending trip, until we took out the gerry cans. The day that we added the cans to our deck, nearly everyone that passed by on the dock stopped to ask, "So, where are you going?" It didn't take long for us to figure out that gerry cans were the international symbol for getting out of dodge.