Nelson Miller, Tim Parshall and I arrived at Turner Marina in Mobile ready for work on Thursday, March 11, 2021. From Thursday to Saturday we accomplished over 36 items. We were preparing to sail to Carrabelle, Florida over 270 miles away. We would encounter Spring Break party boats, pods of dolphins, giant standing waves, bad weather, great food with old and new friends.
Mobile Boat Repairs
- Mast wiring: anchor, steam, VHF, Wind
- Auto bilge wiring
- Oil filter
- Primary fuel filter. Racor model 500fgss
- Secondary fuel filter
- Tighten steering
- Replace bolt in heat ex changer
- Clean up wiring to panel
- Repair mainstay halyard and halyard knot
- Add 10” to mainstay base to stop fraying
- Add flag halyard
- Add VHF Radio
- NEMA Backbone
- Run new NMEA cable up binnacle. Drill new hole. Bit stuck and take off.
- Build and attach POD
- Mount new Garmin GNX 20 color monitor
- Mount GNX 10 black box
- Mount new Anchor light
- Mount new VHF antenna
- Mount new steaming light
- Mount Garmin GNX wind transducer
- Install new Garmin DST 810 thru hull transducer
- Install new USB plug at helm
- Remount table with plastic mounts and take off extenders
- Reattach Bimini
- Configure Garmin instruments after numerous calls to Garmin
- Scrub down boat with Clorox
- Repair water leak
- Repair starter wiring
- Mount inverter
- Reposition Refrigerator
- Fill icebox w ice
- Repair trim
- Reglass hull at keel, bottom paint.
- Apply Shadow name to stern
- Cleaned jib track cars
