On September 23, it will be two years exactly since Hurricane Ian hit Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane and causing major damage especially to our Boat Storage Yard.
120 boats including ours suffered major damage.
We had a long difficult fight to get FEMA to accept that our sailboat was not just a recreational toy but was indeed our home!
We are starting our news letter at the marina where our “Home” is currently docked.
Dawn Treader is not totally ready for us to move in, but it is in far better condition than back in 2022!
The following is the list of repairs that have been completed.
1. Replaced the mast and standing rigging.
2. Replaced the roller furling.
3. Replace Jib and main sails.
4. Rebuild High Pressure Fuel Pump.
5. Replaced entire fuel system.
6. Replace both bilge pumps
7. Replaced Gray Water drain hose.
8. Repaired Davits and Replaced Solar Panels.
9. Repaired fresh water tank pickup
10. Clear shower drain of debris from mast replacement.
There will be many odds and ends as we “Re-Commission” our home.
Naturally our first weekend to work started out with rain!
At least the weather has cooled some and our new Air Conditioner is not working as hard which also means less gas for the generator also.
Each weekend we have specific goals but our work was interrupted the weekend of the 7th because the motor home’s converter/charger died and we could not charge or use the house batteries.
The Battery Relay also needs replaced.
Almost two weeks before the 2 year anniversary of Ian.
With the laundry shutting down we will spend more time getting the boat ready to sail.
So far the camera replacement is also working well.
Dawn Continues Diaper Experiments for Elvis.
He is doing so well considering he’s constantly harassed by this process, but there are far fewer clean-ups as well.
Elvis loves playing in the bushes at the marina.
We let him outside as much as possible.
Once again disaster strikes in September!
Hurricane Francine caused our boat to be grounded and so it will be going back to the boatyard for Pull-Out Inspection and some repair.
I was at the boatyard on the 16th and watched as she was pulled out Again!
It is a wonder how they motored it to the yard the Prop was curled and it had the shaft mount bent as well.
The Rudder and the prop shaft will be removed.
Nothing is going to leak when they are done.
Time estimate is two weeks for the repair.
The motor home needed the power converter and battery charge relay replaced. The Power Converter was “Improved” which meant a rewire job.
The relay was still a direct replacement.
The Canada Geese are back there was a Mated Pair that stayed all summer and hatched 3 goslings.
We spent the night at the boatyard 2 weekends working on things.
The Davits must be repaired again as well as all the other things.
Hopefully early October we will be able eo sail again.