Preparing for a “shakedown” cruise. We are heading to San Francisco Bay for a few days this weekend. It has really opened our eyes to how much we really need to do before leaving. This week has been a busy week anyway, so in the evenings we are cleaning, installing reef hooks, radio, filling water and fuel tanks, Food, ice, clothes, GPS, books, tools, and the list goes on . . .
We added water to the tanks the other night, and turned on the water pump. Yahoo! We hear water gurgling in the pipes, we may have water pressure. Wait, it is still not coming out, hmm, I hear water somewhere. Oh, it is in the cockpit, close that drain. Still none coming out of the sink, WAIT the hot water line in the head is leaking big time. OK one more thing to fix, but we are happy to have things go wrong in port or at least close to home. I would rather have things go wrong here than “out there”.
There is a bit of stress involved with all of this, we wanted to leave Thur. night, but just don’t think that is going to happen. Friday morning it is. Tides, winds, it all factors in.
Before going to Mexico we still need to get the dingy motor up and running, sew weather cloths, put grommets on the sun tarps, and install an inverter, auto pilot. So many things and so little time. But it is good to work really hard now so we won’t be trying to do it all in the last 2 weeks.
It is said you will never be ready, but you have to do the best you can and go.
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