We say ‘Noeta’, but when you spell it, she becomes
No ETA- and she has definitely lived up to her name. Pat has always said that on a boat you can set a time or a location, but never both.
Originally we planned on leaving Rhode Island early October, hauling out at Yacht Tech in Palm Beach to get work done on October 29th and be on a ship to Mexico by mid November. Here we are December 6th, just now splashing the boat back into Florida’s warm water. We’re hoping to put her on a ship sometime around December 18th and then receive her in La Paz just after Christmas. However, since we’ve picked a location (Mexico), we can’t guarantee when we’ll get there.
Not being on a schedule has allowed us to visit with a lot of family, attend my sister’s wedding, see A LOT of the East coast, watch sea turtles, meet some great people and take the time to get Noeta exactly how we want her before we leave the country.
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At my sister's wedding in California (no one owned nice clothes anymore, so we had to do some shopping :) |
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All together for Thanksgiving in Boise |
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Sun setting in the Atlantic ocean in North Carolina |
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Learning about sea turtles in Florida |
Since we bought her 8 weeks ago, we have done the following:
- Soda blasted the bottom
- Epoxy barrier coat
- Bottom paint
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She had a black hull before the blasting, paint and epoxy |
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Now has a red hull and a boaty mcboat face! |
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Before prop speed |
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After applying prop speed - it keeps barnacles other growth from developing |
- Replaced the shaft due to pitting (this was somehow missed this during the survey)
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This shaft holds the propeller - it should be completely smooth - it wasn't |
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The shaft shows pitting the entire length |
- Replaced the active fin stabilizer seals
- New house batteries
- New Magnum inverter
- All new Furuno chart plotters
- 2 new radars
- New navigation monitor -18 in
- New navigation computer
- New AIS
- New Maretron multifunction display with ultrasonic weather transducer
- New Simrad auto pilot with follow up lever
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In the process of replacing the electronics and the board it sits on |
- New 11.5’ dingy with 30 hp Honda
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Ok - still in the box - we'll get to this in Mexico |
- Replaced air filter
- New heat exchanger for the active fin hydraulic system
- New side window (cracked during our cruise south)
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Boarded up while the new window is made |
- New blinds throughout boat
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Installed these ourselves - all decked out for the holidays |
- Mattress toppers on all beds
- 2 new Smart TVs
- Wifi extender and router
- New Fusion stereo and speakers throughout boat
- New LED running lights
- All new zincs
- Painted a Happy Face on the bulbous bow
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Very serious work |
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Boaty McBoat Face! |
There is always more to do on a boat, so this list will grow, but at least we seem to have plenty of time to do everything.
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