The Final Days of Cruise 2012

Sunday - Wednesday, April 1- 4, 2012       Decommissioning Activities Continue

Recall that we are back in Indian Rocks Beach for a couple of days. We're visitingWillisand Lucille and we'll also attend the wedding of Erica Fritz before heading back to SUNSHINE and Titusville. 


On Sunday, April 1, we joined Willis and Lucille on their Bluewater powerboat for a trip to Dunedin. We docked at the town docks (very rolly), walked the town and lunched at the Jolly Mon. It was another great day with the Gray's!

We returned to SUNSHINE in the evening.

On. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, decommissioning activities continued. Besides decommissioning, we started a list of projects that we'll do when we return to SUNSHINE. The list includes new stainless port lights, relocating the BBQ Grill, and putting new lenses in the hatches. The standing rigging should be replaced and new sails are in order, but we'll hold off on those items for a year or two.

Thursday, April 5, 2012              Engine Service!

BT Marine is scheduled to service the engines today. The tech arrived at around 1400 hours, went straight to work and completed his tasks by 1630 hours. He asked if I ever had trouble shifting the port engine into reverse. I described a minor situation to him. He made an adjustment after lowering the lower unit. He reported that it needed an adjustment. He said the previous service tech had left it about 1/4" out of adjustment. 

Meanwhile, we worked nonstop all day,  to complete SUNSHINE's decommissioning. I think we were finally finished by 1800 hours. Without a break, we hit the road to New Smyrna Beach. We had dinner and a visit with the Fritz's. We'll leave from their house for our rendezvous in Myrtle Beach.


Note: There were a couple of blisters on SUNSHINE's keel this year. I poked at them and pulled off some fiberglass only to find some moisture behind them. I contracted with Tom Musto, a fiberglass repair guy recommended by Rick, to do the repair. He'll peel the keels and some of the hull, dry the keels, apply three layers of glass and Interlux Interprotect Epoxy. We'll apply bottom paint when we return.

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