Gypsy's been hauled out of the water and now looks a little forlorn sitting on the side of the harbor in Noank. All propped up and devoid of her mast she's out of her element. Definitely not as much fun as when she's in the water but we'll be able to do things for her that we just couldn't do if she was afloat. There's a lot to do in order to get her ready for our voyage. Right now our To-Do list looks like this:
Things we need to do:
Replace all the standing, solid bar rigging with Type 316 stainless wire
Add a removable inner forestay and running back stays
Have our storm jib re-cut to fit on the new inner forestay
Replace the old vinyl coated lifelines with uncoated 316 stainless wire
Build a Jordan series drogue
Mount 2 large solar panels (450 watts total) to the bimini
New covers for the dodger & bimini made out of Sunbrella Supreme & Strataglass
New Sail cover with extra UV protection for main sail
Metal security grates made for the companion way & main deck hatch
Install a rain water catchment system
Add a Pactor modem to the single side band radio
Pick up a back up auto pilot
Move engine raw water strainer to a more accessible location
Pick up 2 new anchors; a Rocna 25 & a Spade A100
Re-bed and replace bolts for the cutlass baring support shaft
Pick up electronic & paper charts for the first quarter of the trip
Re-document the vessel
Obtain ship's radio license
Replace most incandescent lights with LEDs
Things we've done so far:
Bought a Avon 6 person offshore liferaft
Bought a ARC EPIRB with integral GPS
Bought a Avon 310 RIB dinghy
Removed the engine & shore power driven refrigeration unit
Removed the engine & shore power hot water tank
Decommissioned the forward head and started to remove the vanity in order to create storage space
