I am going out this morning, found soft wood around some stanchions I am going to work on, need to hook up some plumbing, everything else seems to work? I have zero experience with this kind of boat. I have two places to fill water tanks, thank gawd for a great bilge pump, quickly found out one of them must be for bathroom plumbing (that isn't hooked up yet). Not all my accessory lights work, maybe some (a lot) of wiring work in my future. It seems someone just cut all the wires to radio and GPS...grrr but I did find an old radio and Garmin in a drawer. The seller tried to sneak off with them but I called him out, this is a strange dude. My guess is I won't see much of him after he cashes the check, but you never know. Teak looks a little tired, she is old and needs some attention, I would love to give her some fresh paint, patch up some chips and scratches. Do I need to pull her out of the water to do top paint? Bottom was done about three years ago might be due soon, they did the survey three years ago when it was pulled out. I have a diver going down to replace zincs and do a good clean (500 bucks, ouch) he is going to go-pro what it looks like, see how much time we have with that paint. I am just going to work on it a little every week until the gasket comes in, then Mr. sticky fingers and I will get the boat to my marina. I am going to make sure everything looks good, sounds good and works well before I learn to pilot on the bay, it gets real windy out there, nothing like a lake, there may be a learning curve? Nothing like a little speed boat at all.
Not sure what I am doing but I am pretty excited to be doing it.
