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Well, I realized today that we have a lot more going on than the blog posts might suggest. So I thought I'd start listing what we did, or at least worked on, over the course of the week. This will be mostly the "ongoing" stuff... the stuff that we either work on in between the "big" projects, or the stuff that will take so long to finish that we will eventually write a more extensive post, once there is something significant to say.

So, for the week of 30 DEC- 05 JAN we were working on the following:

1. Removing deck hardware for grab rails, swim ladder, davit stanchions, and rub rails, and ordering suitable replacements.

2. Realizing that we need to do some work on the rub rails. They were put in with wood screws... hhmmm. The person that did the work failed to remove the bolts and nuts that held the previous rub rail on the boat, and just installed the new one over it. Awesome. It's amazing what you can find out about a boat with the headliner down. So, needless to say, we are adding "removing rub rail, removing old hardware, then reinstalling rub rail properly" to the list of what we need to do before we put her back in the water.

3. Sanding and polishing the windows. I really need to devote a post to what we've been doing. But, for now, it is enough to say that we've been trying to see out of the windows again! More to follow. I promise.

4. Sanding, sanding, and more sanding. We don't even have that much wood. God bless you all with teak decks.

5. Ordering deck hardware, zincs, bearing kits etc that we need.

6. Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning.