Nearly another week and some progress has been made. Maybe we'll be in the water later this coming week but I'm not betting money. As compensation the weather today was gorgeous and spring is really upon us – more of that in another post.
Armida now has new standpipes, which are the pipes that go through the hull for drains, water inlets etc. After 20 years it is good preventative maintenance to replace the ones that are below the waterline because if one breaks the boat sinks - not a good thing. She is very well insulated, which was one of our requirements, but there may be such a thing as too well insulated. Every interior space seems to be filled with foam which makes getting to pipes and gas lines harder than normal. The waste water tank and the toilet have arrived and were going to go in Friday but it now looks like it will be Monday. I noticed today that they ordered 12V pumps but Armida is 24V so they will need to be exchanged. 24V is usual for boats larger than Armida, hence the mistake. We have done tiling in the toilet floor and cleaned and measured for new Vinyl cladding around the windows in the bedroom. We'll put that up this week.
I think we have done almost all the shopping we need to do – things like bedding pillows, kitchen stuff and other things. We won' buy anything more until we have been on board for a while and minimalist is the theme on a boat. No attic to put stuff just in case.
I see all the other boats going past and just want to get on the water but we will be there soon.
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