Two more things off the list

Today it is official - We are over the top of the apex on our pre-departure (Bahamas) boat projects list - it's downhill from here on out! I've heard it said that the real joy of anything worth doing is in the planning and preparation. If that's true - we rightly should be ecstatic. This past weekend we tackled the two remaining big projects on our list: new battery and door installs. Chris some how managed to muscle off our old, very large, very heavy batteries and put on four new very large, very heavy batteries - all without injury or incident. When I arrived on the boat Friday night, the new batteries were in, the old batteries were out, and all appeared to be working appropriately. We even had an opportunity to put the batteries to the test when the marina power went out Saturday night. All systems go.

Next order of business - install our new custom companionway doors (made by www.zorcor.com ). We got off to a rocky start on this project. First, we noticed that the instruction video, which was the only form of instructions that came with the doors, was for the wrong boat - totally differant installation. Then Chris ran into a guy that had the same doors built for his boat. The guy told Chris his installation took three days. Not ones to back away from a challange, we started our door install. For a couple of hacks, they look pretty good. Trouble must have had the day off, because miraculously, it did not show its face. In the 24 hours that we have had doors, we are very much enjoying them and don't know how we went so long without them.
The pre-departure list now is pathetically short and easy - Yippee!