Ready for the water

The day has arrived, the Goose finally goes into the water today. She doesn’t look too bad with her freshly painted ports and black bottom.

I’ve been busy taking on a couple of contracting jobs for the marina. The travel lift had a problem that took more time to troubleshoot than it did to fix, but that is the norm when you are dealing with wiring harness gremlins. The other is a renovation of the second bathroom in the office. This will be a complete gut job from new sub-floor to ceiling. It will help out the cruising kitty but it also will take about 1 week to complete.

The other good news the new alternator arrived. YEA! The boat engine came with the standard alternator which after about 2 minutes of run time would only put out 40 amps (or less). This new one puts out 125 amps using a “smart” 3 stage external regulator. That should help a LOT with charging the house batteries on those cloudy days.