Well, in general, this is no fun. We spend our time getting things fixed and cleaned, fixing and cleaning ourselves, and worrying about getting the boat sold. So far I have advertised the boat in two forums. First I put a notice up on the Yahoo Norseman Owners Group that Earendil was for sale. Then I took photos and put them on Sailboatlistingsbyowners.com. I have gotten four fairly serious inquiries. The two most likely to result in a sale both came from the owners group. Three of the four were looking at Norseman’s in particular.

As for the cleaning and fixing, the biggest thing is that we painted the stripe. We found a woman at the marina that does this sort of thing and she gave us a quote. Later, she told us that she really thought we could do it ourselves and gave us lots of information and advice. We did it ourselves. I sanded, taped, and mixed the paint and Bud painted. We put three coats on each side. The picture is the second side from the main dock. It looks pretty good. We have a detailer coming on the 22nd to clean, polish and wax the hull and deck. I think the paint will look quite good with three coats of wax on it. We told the woman we wished we’d known we could do it ourselves with the boat in the water; we’d have done it long ago.

Other jobs have included having the rugs cleaned, replacing missing teak plugs over screws in the interior trim, polishing the cabin windows, replacing bad heat/sound insulation in the generator cabinet, replacing the 30 amp shore power receptacle that was erroneously installed by boat electricians in St. Augustine with the 50 amp/ 125 V receptacle the boat came with and many more.

We have someone coming to see the boat next Saturday (the 16th) and another couple on the 23rd. After that we’re not sure. We will continue to work and worry until she’s sold.