Christmas on the boat

We went down to the boat Thursday afternoon and stayed there until this morning.  We completed a few small projects.  We replaced the burned out light bulb in the small halogen light over the galley sink and BOY what a difference that makes.  We didn't even realize there was a light there until recently and now that it actually WORKS it is so much brighter down there.  We also got some new black non-skid shelf lining stuff and replace that in several spots around the galley.  We did not realize how disgusting the old stuff was until we peeeeeeeeled it up...  UGH.

We started on the shower--it was gel coated a few years back and the gel coat has chipped off in a couple of places on the wood trim at the bottom that holds the teak grate up a bit off the sole of the shower.  So we went to the hardware store to look for caulk, etc to deal with that and in general recaulk. So we started by cleaning.  What we discovered that the shower is actually WHITE.  We thought it was kind of a cream color but in the course of cleaning it we found that the yellowish hue came off to reveal WHITE!  it is going to take some more cleaner to get all the "yellow" off.  I can only assume this is more cigarette tar.  bluck.  So anyway, this is going to take some more work before we can get to the caulking part...

Yesterday we took the boat over to pump out our new holding tank for the first time and decided on the spur of the moment to take a quick spin around the bay.  Unfortunately we did not think about the docklines casually tossed onto the boat for the "quick" trip and with the roughness out in the bay the bow line got washed into the water and of course it ended up around one of the props.  We have to wait for the diver to come next week to get it off and find out if there is any damage.  It is kind of ironic as we were practicing driving with only one engine while we were out there, just to see how the boat handled. We actually got into the slip pretty cleanly. 

Last night we went to our favorite Japanese restaurant for dinner (I think we went there Christmas Eve last year) and then hung out with our friends across the dock on their boat for a bit for some holiday cheer.  We slept in late and the same friends gave us some giant cinnamon rolls as we headed off to visit with family for the afternoon.