Hangin at Poulsbo

Had a long not too productive day yesterday blogging at Starbucks and driving around in the rain. Set me up for some good pain today. Pulled the old head out, removed all the plumbing, hoses, valves, pumps, and the holding tank. Quite a relief to get it out of there, but wrestling with old rubber hoses that have been in place for many years is really hard work.

A bit of cleanup work and we will be able to mount the watermaker and the new composting toilet. We also plan to add another water tank on the other side of the boat under the floor to make water into and transfer it to the other tanks as needed. The water in the harbor here is pretty nasty, has lots of bits floating in it, and I suspect a lot of old rotten sererage systems on the shore. We went up to Port Townsend by car to get some mounting brackets made for the primary winches. Those would be the big ones on each side use mainly for the jib sheets.

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 We finalized the details of the new dagger board and it is in the mill. Found a storage place to leave the car while we are out in the islands. We went to the local farmers market this morning and got caught up on the laundry. Perhaps if I get the hardware mounted and the new toilet intalled this afternoon, we can move to a new anchorage tomorrow, or at least go for a sail.