Welcome to the forum @limbodog . Is that a name about your flexibility or that you like to play Caribbean dance music?
Wow... you started the introduction with a great story... I kind of like it.
I have a little connection regarding boats. My purchase is a 1974 boat in 2015 that had been used as a livaboard for maybe 10 years. The first thing I did was just to spend time on the boat writing down lists of what I saw that I thought was wrong and needed change.
Then I took a weekend and identified the way and how I wanted to use my boat.
It was to be a place to live while doing business in a city 250 miles from home. This meant it needed certain facilities. Dry, warm, place to sleep. A way to prepare meals. Some work space with connections to the outside... etc. The list was as generic as I could make it.
Then I started fitting the boats structure in to this list. Example No heat in berth area. Fine for summer based for winter.
This helped me create a list of priorities that needed to be accomplished so that I could safely use the boat. While now 3 years later, I have accomplished a lot and have enjoyed the opportunity to sail her, she is still a work in progress and I continue to review and add to - subtract from the LIST...
Along the way I have enjoyed the help and wisdom of the sailors here.
Looking forward to your list.
Wow... you started the introduction with a great story... I kind of like it.
I have a little connection regarding boats. My purchase is a 1974 boat in 2015 that had been used as a livaboard for maybe 10 years. The first thing I did was just to spend time on the boat writing down lists of what I saw that I thought was wrong and needed change.
Then I took a weekend and identified the way and how I wanted to use my boat.
It was to be a place to live while doing business in a city 250 miles from home. This meant it needed certain facilities. Dry, warm, place to sleep. A way to prepare meals. Some work space with connections to the outside... etc. The list was as generic as I could make it.
Then I started fitting the boats structure in to this list. Example No heat in berth area. Fine for summer based for winter.
This helped me create a list of priorities that needed to be accomplished so that I could safely use the boat. While now 3 years later, I have accomplished a lot and have enjoyed the opportunity to sail her, she is still a work in progress and I continue to review and add to - subtract from the LIST...
Along the way I have enjoyed the help and wisdom of the sailors here.
Looking forward to your list.