Making Lists

What with so many projects in the pipeline both at home and over the coming months on the boat we have had to start making lists of what needs doing and when to keep on top of everything. If anything the boat list is somewhat easier than the house list.

So far the boat list comprises:

• ·         Full service to sterndrive to include bellows, anodes, oil and bushes
• ·         New trim tab anodes
• ·         New trim tab bellows
• ·         Clean and polish trim tabs
• ·         New raw water intake pipe
• ·         Dismantle and clean out raw water coolers. Reassemble with new gaskets.
• ·         Grease stern drive bushes
• ·         Check all battery connections and clean up as required
• ·         Full hull and superstructure polish and wax
• ·         Cockpit clean, polish and wax
• ·         Cabin GRP surfaces clean, polish and wax
• ·         Replace USB charging socket at helm
• ·         Fit new VHF aerial connections
• ·         Apply new antifoul to hull
• ·         Touch up sterndrive paint as required.

The list at home at the moment is a moving goal post. But by the time the boat is back in the water we aim to have a lot of these jobs ticked off the list.

• ·         Replacement front door (due for fitting next week)
• ·         Roof repairs to include replacing damaged and broken tiles and hip tiles and new flashing to kitchen roof (due to be completed this week)
• ·         Fit new temporary laminate flooring to hallway to replace carpet
• ·         New internal doors to kitchen, living room, stair cupboard and two bedrooms
• ·         Gloss all wood skirting boards, door frames and picture rails in hallway
• ·         Wall paper hallway
• ·         Fit new matching vinyl flooring to kitchen, hallway and bathroom
• ·         Replace central heating pump and motorised valve
• ·         Power flush central heating system
• ·         Replace radiators in kitchen and hallway
• ·         Replace radiator in bathroom with heated towel rail
• ·         New bathroom suite
• ·         Replace kitchen work surface
• ·         Replace kitchen wall tiles
• ·         Replace kitchen cupboard doors

We don’t imagine for one second that we will have all of the house jobs finished by the time we are relaunching Naughty-Cal but it would be good to have made some marked progress in ticking off the jobs as we would like to get this little list finished off this year in time for making a new list next year!