Moving Aboard for the Start of the Season

 

Most important to note is the fact that Seas The Day remains up for sale.  (Here's the link if it is still for sale.)  We just reduced the price to hopefully bring about Mr. & Mrs. Buyer, but in the meantime, well, let's make some lemonade.

With that in mind, I packed up just enough to get the season started.  Last year, I removed 4 dock carts worth of stuff, leaving only that equipment we wanted to pass onto new owners.  This spring, I moved 2 dock carts worth of items (basic bedding, galley items, etc.) back aboard.

That left a big mess in the salon, and a large list of boat-chores to get through.

While it was a beautiful day, it was not to be a sailing day... too many items to check off before we start sailing.

It was finally calm enough to replace the fraying dock line.

Each time we wintered in the water, we ended up with some water in the space under the forward v-berth.  This is not a leak... it is fresh water (not salt water... not necessarily "fresh" though).  Our best guess is it comes from condensation against the cold walls of the hull and it can't flow to the bilge due to the bow thruster tunnel (at the lower left above).  Dealing with this means wrestling the mattress to the salon and using the small wet vac to pick it up, then washing everything down with a mild bleach solution to kill the mold  ring that forms.

Eventually, everything is clean and dry and mold free.  Somehow I was able to replace the piston that raises the bead for reading.

Next, I swabbed the deck, evicting a spider-squatter in the process.

By then, everything was ready for a first night on-board.

Sunday morning was spent updating the boat's firmware and navigation data and then making sure everything was spic 'n span ready to show.

Later Sunday night (while writing this blog), I received this photo of a nice and clean Seas The Day at sunset from Captain Joe of Sol Searcher.