Month: August 2016

As of yesterday, the motor is in and running like a champ.   It was an interesting experience working with the installer.   The motor is completely electronic.  Part of that scares me, but the inner nerd is very excited.  I have a feeling it will make us revisit the electrical and charging layout.

The guys at VB Engineering are finishing some cleanup tasks and reinstalling all that was removed to clear the engine room.  If all goes well, we expect to sea-trial on Thursday the 18th!!   We are very excited to get Perspective back after 8 weeks and get to work on our personal refit list.

Brad is currently in Australia so it is my turn to give you a ship yard update, here goes nothing!

1.  Our prop is now reinstalled and do I dare say….pretty?! Am I allowed to say such a thing? 😉

2.  The engine is no longer sitting on wooden blocks; the mounts have been fabricated and installed.

3.  The binnacle is in the process of being put back together- they had it taken apart during the engine removal and installation to run a hoist down to the engine room.

Every boat visit comes with a learning lesson.  This week’s lesson was to remember to turn off any switches that you turn on, or you’ll be making a 7am trip down to the boat yard to turn things off.

The evil panel. 🙂

7am Boat Yard Views!