Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Spring is (kinda) Coming!

So, yeah, still no word at the NYCC site as to the opening of the 2016 Navigational Season. Sigh. I might call my mechanic (Hi Steve!) and see about a few little projects that need doing before we can get underway in May. Things that need doing:

• Water-heater Break-out Valve
I have no idea what this is, but Steve says I need one. So, okay. I also want to figure out why the sump pump in the shower doesn't work. It'd be nice to be able to shower on board (rather than wash-up on shore. heh.)

• V-Berth Skylights need some Caulking
Yeah, all skylights eventually leak, and it's no fun having the drip, drip, drip of cold water on your legs when you're trying to sleep.

• Boat Name on Stern
We put off actually naming the boat because I couldn't settle on a name. So I need to get in touch with a vinyl sign guy here in Fairport and get that done. Dick got annoyed with me last year, because I kept referring to the boat on the radio as "forty-foot cruiser." "You gotta get a name for this boat," he said. He's right.


• General Clean-up and re-stock and all-around Provisioning
This is like an on-going Sisyphus-style job, given that I'm a slob and I eat and drink too much.

So, that's the short list. We've got a winter-storm warning for this evening, but as you can from these pics, almost all the snow has melted, really. So, yeah. Spring fever.