Checking off the List

Brad loves my To Do Lists....or at least in my head he does. These lists keep us on track and make sure we get everything done to ensure our safety when we head out on long passages.

Today, I asked Brad to accomplish a larger task and he set to getting out all the materials he would need to finish this project. And then this is what usually happens when Brad sets out to complete a task - he gets completely sidetracked. This usually works out though - even though he will most assuredly NOT complete the task I gave him, he will get a bunch of smaller things done - things that are invariably not on the list but that he has been wanting to do for some time.

So, one minute he was starting to mount the wind generator switch (what I had asked him to do) and the next, he was downstairs pulling apart our instrument panel and working on wiring. (*sigh*)

Before I knew it, we were both involved in running wires from the stern to the instrument panel through the ceiling of the cabins. After a few hours time, we had successfully run the wires to mount the wind generator volt meter and the battery charger reader along with the new XM radio antennae at our navigation table station. This is done by attaching the end of the wire to a string and pulling it through the cabin ceiling. Very very tedious as there are many many things for it to get snagged upon on the way through!

Brad will have to wait another day to cut the holes to actually mount them, but they are all hooked up and working inside now, instead of in the stern battery comparment lazarette.

After we were through with that, Brad decided our cockpit needed a bit of a makeover, so he set about rearranging the instruments on our pedestal. Since our Radar hasn't worked in years and is obsolete and will need to be replaced, he ripped out the screen for that and moved the GPS over. This allows for us to use the top of the pedestal as a hand grip - which is what it is designed for but has not been able to be used due to us having too many instruments on the pedestal. It is still a work in progress but looks so much better!!

So, after today, we have still not completed any of the items (*huff*) on our checklist and have added to our list by only half-completing these other tasks (*sigh*). But, I will admit that he did a lot of work today and it has made a vast improvement to the boat!