This weekend, we started hauling down the stuff we'll need on the boat this summer. There's a lot of it and in fact, probably more than we really need. We unpacked the boxes and started to clean up the disarray that was left over from our delivery cruise earlier this week. As we began looking through the boxes and bags for something we needed, one of us would always say, "It has be be somewhere," and if we dug deep enough, we found it.
While Frances was working on the interior of the boat, we pressure-washed the outside of the boat (or most of it) with a new pressure washer that we just bought at Lowes. A couple of years ago, we had another pressure washer that we bought from Harbor Freight. It was truly a POS and one of the fittings broke off during our third use.
The new one, a greenworks GPW 1600 really seemed to work. It peeled the grime off of most of the boat with ease and it had a nice long power cord (about 25 feet) and a long hose on the spray wand. This new pressure washer cost us $99 and right now, it looks good. We get nothing from Lowes or anyone else to mention it here.
Still, we thought it was too big and cumbersome to use on our cockpit. We did that job the old fashioned way: on our knees with a scruffy pad and a hose.
While we were working, others, who had already done the prep work, were relaxing on the dock.
It's spring at our marina so the ducks were back with their new brood of ducklings. It's difficult not to stop and watch them.
On Monday, Memorial Day, we took the rugs from the boat home to clean them up, and Frances stayed around to continue to put stuff away and make our boat comfortable again.
A note about Memorial Day
If you are reading this blog, please don't think that the description of us getting our boat ready for summer on this is weekend indicates any disrespect for those who served and for whom this day is dedicated. As I stand on the back of our boat and look around, I see a number of veterans of the Army and Navy and that includes me (Bill). Be assured that we remember.
I understand that a boat can be used for commercial purposes, personnel transportation or as a house. I find it very interesting how they can use the boat in so many different ways. It takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and time to organize it for such purposes. Ultimately, you can always enjoy the beauty of the sea during summer time.
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