Steering quadrant and engine bed
Progress:
✔️ Quadrant cleaned, painted, re-installed
✔️ New Edson steering chain and cables installed
✔️ Rudder stuffing box re-built
✔️ Engine bed plates installed – ready for engine final mount
– escape domestication
Progress:
✔️ Quadrant cleaned, painted, re-installed
✔️ New Edson steering chain and cables installed
✔️ Rudder stuffing box re-built
✔️ Engine bed plates installed – ready for engine final mount
Dry-fitting the new Beta Marine 43 and every sailor needs a cutlass.⚔️⚔️
Since my November arrival in Oriental, I have met three Annapolitan sailors. S/V Nepenthe and s/v Polaris sailed here specifically for yard work.
Joe, the third sailor, anchored in the harbor and bought the marine consignment store. The store had been open intermittently over the previous several months. The seller suggested that success required someone familiar with the internet of which he was not.
It is packed bulkhead to bulkhead with nautical treasures and several dozen sails.
New Beta Marine 43 engine installation begins with sitting Ferrity on land. I am number 1 in the queue for the mechanic.
Within an hour Gary had pulled the prop, shaft, and stuffing box. Yanmar 4JHE engine was removed back in December.
New Beta Marine 43 engine for s/v Ferrity arrived today.
This puts a serious dent in my rum budget!🥃🥃
Wait!! Perhaps I can offset by cutting the food allowance starting with greens. Seriously, I can buy two pounds of bacon for the price of one pound of salad mix