March 26th was a big day. Our bottom work is done (cutlass bearings, three transducers, keel damage fixed, bottom sanded and painted) and we got lifted back into the water.
We begin our final push before hopefully leaving Ft Lauderdale sometime this coming weekend.
Big ticket items still on our checklist: finish water maker install, assess BBQ, purchase and install a compressor for the deep freeze on the flybridge, install VHF #2, service two of five AC units, purchase a tender, hold the denaming and naming ceremonies.
Changing the name of a boat there are two schools of thought. Don’t. It’s bad luck. Or if you take everything off the boat with the old name, hold a denaming ceremony asking for the blessing of the Gods of the Sea (which of course involves champagne) and then a naming ceremony once you have installed your vinyl letters asking again for the blessing of the Gods of the Sea, you should, key word should, be OK. We have been following these rules to the tee, not bringing anything onboard with the new name until we have the denaming ceremony.
We realized last night that the current dilapidated tender on the boat has the old name on it. Tessa heat gunned off the vinyl letters and the name was imprinted on the vinyl. We believe this is the last item on the boat with the old name, and plan on lifting it off the boat tomorrow in preparation for the denaming ceremony.
Upgraded shower view.