To do

Top of the list:

- Fix bent rail (dude nearby can straighten it; I have to rebuild the fiberglass decking.)
- Get engine fixed (found a mechanic; need to find a time.)
- Replace portlights (= nonopening windows) (go to TAP glass nearby w/ templates.)
- Replace holding tank (= septic tank) with bigger one, so harbormasters will let me live aboard (got most of the parts; it's a matter of being up here for a couple of days at a time and getting unbelievably filthy.) (Soapandwatersoapandwatersoapandwater -- that's what I keep telling myself -- plenty of both for when I'm done.)

On the list of things that will not keep me from passing inspection at most marinas:
- Customize a winch handle so I can crank it with my foot.
- Wash and secure life jackets.
- Build an airy cage around engine so cat doesn't get into it but air does.
- Oil-sand the teak so it glooooooooows. Right now, it looks like elderly teak. (Anteak, ar ar.)
- Serious housework on every other surface, including overhead and on deck.
- Set up the galley (= kitchen) so I can work in it.
- Install overhead grab rails belowdecks.
- Curtains with this cool fabric I just got. Very suitable, fun but classy.
- On a calm day, pull off the sail covers and take a look at the sails.
- Figure out tool storage and clothing storage.

On the list of things that will make this classy barque a floating work of art & craft:
- Build fiberglass toerails into the aft gulch -- the big empty space under the cockpit. Fit some sensible mesh storage areas back there.
- Start rethinking the wiring, preparing to install some renewable e-sources and setting up office space and consolidating the electrical controls.
- Install overhead rail for paraplegics to get themselves around belowdecks. These can be installed conveniently close to the grabrails. (Ed stole this idea for one of the BAADS boats. The more the merrier.)
- Refit the inside of the hulls to maximize storage space and comfort, & look pretty while doing so.

Next year:
- haul out & do bottom
- repaint the hull!

Good thing I like to work.

It says something about the suitability of this life that I find all this very intriguing, not overwhelming but stimulating.