Anticipation

The anticipation is building as we prepare for the big haul out. My parents have graciously offered up their trawler for us to stay aboard while Hope is on the hard, we were able to take out a decent loan to cover expenses, and a big shipment of parts arrives at West Marine on Tuesday (the Defender order comes later in the week, I think).  I'm not looking forward to the hot work, but I know it will be so rewarding as we finish each project. 

Every weekend now is devoted to preparations in some way. We think, that if we can do and find everything we think we need, then all the things we've overlooked won't be such a burden when the time comes. I'm sure we'll spend a large chunk of time going to west marine and Home Depot during the haul. 

Well, time to sleep a bit. Tomorrow brings with it a non-functioning water pump for the air conditioners. Glad we have 2 pumps. Redundancy is nice, but I'm worried we will overheat the ac units if we were to run all 5. Shouldn't need them all till August, but broken things bother me. As most boat owners know, there's always something that needs attending. A visit to West Marine is in my near future...but when isn't it? :)