Big doings

Anyone familiar with the children's book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" will understand how things are going aboard Cupcake lately.

We decided to take a good look at the head since we are going to install the composting toilet. That led to Ellen scraping, priming, (and soon painting) the walls. 

Then we took a look at the sink in there. She hates the sink, so after two days working with a flat pry bar, we got the sink out. And destroyed the veneer on the countertop. Looks like a new countertop and sink are coming. That means I really need to readdress the plumbing for the sink drain.

The light over the sink needs to be replaced too.

And so it goes.

We also uncovered the boat last week. It sure is nice to be able to move around the deck without dealing with the canvas cover and its supports. The solar panels are doing great. You can see Ellen (with the Atlantic Ocean in the background) on the phone, making things happen.

Finally, the main cabin is in utter disarray (don't kid yourself, the v-berth and aft-cabin are also chaotic). I'm replacing teak over the sink, rewiring pumps and lights, reinforcing the stove's latching system (it would gimbal whether we wanted it to or not before), reinforcing lazarette hatches, adding polyurethane to the floorboards, and on and on. It's tons of fun and I mean that sincerely.