Big day today; five hours of varnishing (Cetol) and then finished installing the new Starter Battery.  The last two big projects.  Still need one more coat of Cetol, but a big step to get this one on.  The fiberglass project for the starter battery went great.  The platform I made is very solid.  The battery fits right in a new box and I fabricated some 1/0 wire (that’s about 3/4″ thick wire) to connect it.  Had a couple hiccups with some bizarre previous wiring that I had to figure out to make it all work, but work it does.  Connected the new starter battery to a Xantex Echo Charger.  In short: it lets the house bank charge up first and then automatically turns on and charges the starter battery.  Tested it with both the AC charger (the 110 volt line from the dock) as well as from the engine just using the alternator.  Appears to work in both modes.  On another note:  PARTY ON FRIDAY!  We’re going to have an Bon Voyage party at the boat Friday night.  Ann’s son, Andy is nice enough to volunteer to come down and man the BBQ.  Beer and meat products.  Yay!  Probably won’t have everything I want done, but even if I had another month, I’d likely find more stuff to do and wouldn’t feel like I was done.  Just time to GO!