Sailing the Karina C

We have been slowly getting Karina C ready for another season here on the wet coast. It has been uncommonly wet and coolish this winter, so we didn't really get a chance to get down to tend Karina like we wanted to. As well, we have been distracted by musical pursuits that have been a long time in development.
One of the musical things is a return to gigging (playing musical dates for $). We did this for the primary reason that we found a drummer who was uncommonly musical, could sing well, and had a good PA (which we don't have). Unfortunately, the drummer had to back out and we are now far less disposed to gigging than we were previously. Unfortunately, we have accepted a few dates. The last one is in June. We will do those dates with a sub who may work out OK. We'll see. It is not that we need the money, its just a cool hobby. Anyhow, if the drummer performs to expectation, we will likely wind up our professional career and return to the amateur ranks after the June date. If the drummer is above expectation, we may look at some more dates in the fall and winter.
All the above sucked up way more time than I originally planned on spending on this project.
After procrastinating for a few weeks, we finally got down to the boat and got the commissioning going. The first job was to run the onboard fuel conditioner for a few hours. Within 1 hour the old fuel pump gave up the ghost. Soooooo I turned on the light in the motor compartment and it promptly failed too. A few days later, we had a new fuel pump and light fixture in the motor compartment. Then, I started to work skinning my knuckles changing both the primary and secondary fuel filters, changing the motor and transmission oil and the last job: the prop shaft zinc. It looked OK to my eye when I went under today. Unfortunately, it disintegrated in my hand. It has been a while since I was last diving and my buoyancy control device was leaking air (again). I consigned 20 lbs of lead to the bottom as well as the tool to change the zinc. I still have way more lead than I'll use in my lifetime that I've kept since Anita was diving. But the new zinc is on and just needs one more dive to tighten it with a new tool I bought at Midland tools ( http://www.midlandtools.ca )
The dive tank is recharged and I have borrowed a BC vest from the dive shop while mine gets fixed. It occurs to me it is likely far cheaper to hire a diver next time.
I am gonna make a few bucks back changing my neighbours zinc tomorrow, so not all is lost. I don't care about the lead or the tools as they are not expensive and were ready for their fate. I may get crazy and go down and grub around in the bottom looking for the leads and tools. Now all we need is some good weather between the gig dates we have and we might be able to go off for a cruise...
Oh yeah.... I also have a few dates potentially plugging up our cruising life. I have an MRI booked for April 1 and, depending on the results may have to stay around for a surgery. Given my latest lab tests, I expect I should be OK for most of the summer. I still have to go in for the "finger that doesn't linger" next week sometime. Our GP is a nice guy and good doctor, but has hands like a basketball player. Fortunately, Anita is extremely well and keeps me active biking and walking between the raindrops we've been putting up with.