Setting the Stage

I got the scoop  from Suzanne on the phone call we got from our upholstery people.
The call was to let us know that they would be dropping off the cockpit interior as
opposed to them holding it to the end and installing it. What we have in mind as 
we work to completion is that we are starting in the cabin and working our way out. 
So the cockpit interior will not be trampled on as we work on other things I'll be
storing all of it in a separate area to keep it nice and fresh till we are ready to
install it. 

All safely tucked away and ready for install

New Logos look great

 The next few days will be interesting as we pull together all the final elements

for the project. This mornings e-mail had some correspondence from Bill

at Great Lakes Teak , we received our CAD drawings for the decking, I'm very

happy about this. In the beginning when Suzanne was selling me the "Yachtsville"

program the teak flooring seemed real cool I but don't wear shoes much in the

boat and carpet was sounding better. After seeing Bill's work and the overall look 

of the product with the cockpit interior, I'm sold.

This is the CAD sheet that the computer will follow to cut the material, at the last 

minute we added the front foot rests and cabin stairs, we think it completes the job.

Last  but not least my long time friend Dennis Berry removed those very sad

Bravo 3 lower units  for reconditioning. Dennis and I agree that in a perfect world 

we would replace the cases, if not the complete drives. Well,  I don't live any

where near perfect, so sandblasting and epoxy paint will have to do.

Dennis will be servicing the gimbals housings, welding some bad spots ,

resealing the cases,  replacing the internal shift cables, new anodes and

all the ground cables. During Dennis and my last conversation 

we were talking about all the elements of the repairs and somehow I was put in

charge of "making those drives pretty". Hey wait , I've heard that before. The last guy

who said that to me ended up being a pirate. Maybe Dennis has a little captain in him.

No matter what I sure wont be sweating the work quality, Captain Dennis has that

part nailed down. ARRGH !!

Getting the drive job started completes the list , the stage is set .

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