Okay, maybe not something new, Bob geeking out and all, but he has no time to blog so Ann has stepped up.  (And he is making me dinner. :-). )

As Bob shared last night, he was very close to finishing the install on the new navigation instruments just as we needed to get ready to go celebrate our friend’s birthday. Today Bob COMPLETED the project! (And you thought that cheering was for the new Pope, Francis I).  What a job! And when I asked Bob if he made sure to cross it off of the list he informed me that it was another job that was not on the project list.  Sigh.  But oh joy!  It is done and Bob is now playing with all of the new capabilities.  At 6 pm an alarm went off.  Testing.  At sunset the system beeped.  A moment ago Bob showed me how he could set a scrolling function at various time intervals – 10 sec, 20 sec, etc.  Like I said, Bob is geeking out!  Hooray!

Getting the new "stack" ready to install at the helm.

Read 'em and weep! Each one can display 9 different screens of custom data. Why you ask? Why the hell not!

Personally I was tired of jobs that were partial jobs not allowing for the joy of completion, so last night I made up my own job list for today. (See, Greg – my son – I too am working!). I had five things on my list and I completed four of them!  Oops, one was done poorly – putting the third coat of cetol on boards that we lash the fuel and water cans to during passage.  Sounds easy right?  Remember how I mentioned how I hate to paint?  Well, in my haste to move onto the second job of the day I painted too fast and there are bubbles on one board.  This means that someone needs to sand it and repaint it – slowly, to reduce bubbles.  (I am not yet volunteering to be that someone!)

But I did get two good coats of Carnuba wax on the Charisma name. I had been waiting for it to dry well since we had it repainted while on the hard.  Now both sides shine!  My other chores were interior cleaning chores and not as visible but still allowed me to cross off a job. Yea!

I also got to cross off the “polish stainless” project!  Phew! My fingers are tired!