Anyways, the boxes. Let's see.... I was looking for a use for the old engine bay covers that were a lovely 1" thick panel of teak with a heavy duty mild steel frame beneath. The boxes needed lids so a bit of cutting and adjusting later, the old engine bay covers now have a second life. We've added a small ally lip to them to keep the rain out, and started clearing the deck and stowing everything away.
The propane / gas connection is now also almost ready to go - just waiting on two hose tails and that'll be up and running in two weeks time.
That was pretty much it for the weekend as we spent Saturday at the Southampton Boat Show to do some research on bluewater boat bits - life rafts, epirbs, plbs - all that fun stuff. So our final shopping list is all sorted and we'll finish purchasing those items right before we head off.
This coming weekend we're off camping for Lauren's birthday, then it'll be back down south for another three days of boat shenanigans. The new aft helm should be arriving from the 'States in the next week or so, so the plan is to get that fitted and get out again for another sail in November. We also need to get the gas connection completed, work out how to fit the watermaker filters, finish fairing the deck with epoxy filler before winter hits, and fit the SSB antenna & higher rating circuit breaker, so we can test that over the winter. So just a few jobs then.
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