All new seasons include commissioning. This year has had a few additional items to take care of. The raw water pump which pumps seawater through the engine heat exchange system had developed a serious leak and corrosion. We managed to express in a new pump and fit her to the engine pretty quickly and that issue is now fixed. During hurricane Sandy last year our spinnaker halyard got some significant chafing so that had to be replaced. Since it was still intact it was a simple job of buying new halyard and sticking the old and the new end-to-end so that the new halyard could be pulled through the mast. Thankfully all went well and there was no need to climb the mast. Another maintenance item has been to tighten the helm cables. This years preparation of the boat was much more rushed than usual due to a longer winter than the past few seasons and because of a heavy travel schedule getting in the way of working on the boat. However, we managed to get her bottom painted and in the water. Now we are addressing cosmetic items on a daily basis.
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