There she sits, a sailing yacht among workboats. I think the Fred Sanford canopy gives her more of a commercial appeal among all the hard working fisherman, not usually a fan of sailors. The folks on the dock are some fine people and everybody looks out for each other. I have a neighbor, Rick, who lives on his old wooden Colin Archer designed sailboat. He's also in the midst of a major rebuild so it's nice to share stories and struggles with a neighbor on the dock.
The focus of this winter is fitting out the engine compartment so we can install the engine in the spring. First task is to hang sound-proofing insulation all throughout the engine compartment to keep things quite down below, then pre-plumb and wire for eletricity before the engine drops in.
I'm also working on developing my eletrcial system plans so we can start re-wiring the entire boat. Again, very much over my head but well worth the experience to learn every system of the boat.
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