Saturday, September 3, 2011

Priorities

Here is my plan to make ECHO liveable and sailable:
1. Order and install a Techma Electric Head
2. Repair topsides damage
3. Fabricate a holding tank
4. Install new headstay and already purchased Roller Furling unit
5. Aux Fuel Tank--Buy a rubber fuel tank sized to fit in the cockpit between the seats. This will be used for longer voyages after the real fuel tank is installed.
6. Water Tanks--cleaned and new covers, screws and seals
7. Stove--already purchased--Installed and gas lines run
8. New Companionway ladder with mount for propane tanks
9. Measure forward seat for fabrication in either teak or fiberglass
10. Replace Engine Solinoid
11. Wire up Depth Finder
12. Install manual bilge pump, replace hoses and test sensors on electric bilge pumps
13. Wire up Ham Radio Antennas
14. Buy mount for iPad on Binacle
15. Buy and install auto-pilot
16. Install heating system for winter use.