ANNAPOLIS SCHOOL OF SEAMANSHIP

A weekend in November

Friday November 1, 2013

My plans were to head to the boat around mid-afternoon and get started on the overhead in the forward cabin. While loading up some materials at the storage unit I decided to check on the Karly Lynn, our 16' sailing skiff that is covered and stored in the outdoor yard.

Finding her dry but quite dirty and in need of some TLC I removed all of the bungees, and tarps, removed the sail from the mast, hooked her up to the truck and pulled her home for a good cleaning.

Satisfied with my unplanned accomplishment I headed for the lake and arrived at 20:00 hours.

ELECTRICAL UPGRADES

This entire project from woodworking to the completion of AC / DC rewire took place over a six month period from October 2011 - March 2012

Out with the old

Back of the old DC Panel

New Teak frame and flip down panel

Dry fit new Teak panel

Cut outs complete - first of several coats of varnish

Painting the interior making ready to start running wire

Ready to start pulling wire

And the wiring begins

Patricia wiring the Galley Outlet

Heat shrinking all connections

All new runs bundled, labeled, and secured

More Wire

 NEW ELECTRICAL PANEL

The original electrical configuration on an Ericson Independence was somewhat of a mystery to me, the AC panel was located beneath the galley sink, and the DC panel was located directly behind the
galley sink. I am thinking I would have put them almost anywhere other than those two locations.

My plan was to relocate both AC and DC panels from their current locations on the port side, to the nav station on the starboard side.

The only things currently located in the nav station were a VHF radio installed on a peice of teak covering a larger left over cut out hole, an inverter, and a stained glass door.

NEW HOT WATER HEATER

 

 

  

 

 

The Journey001

In March of 2010 after months of searching the internet and local marinas we narrowed our choices to three boats. Our journey took us over 2300 miles in five days, through ten different states.

See below for a breif overview of our quest to find our "Good Old Boat"

New Beginnings

Ok, I think we may be ready to go this time with a little less lag between posts! We have kicked off the new year with a new business, a new web site, a positive attitude (not new) and a longing for the Georgia winter to loosen it's grip so we can get back to working on and enjoying our boat, which for us is one and the same. We are really going to talk about two boats here, the Emerald Lady and the Karly Lynn, more on that to follow.