Work Continues

As we continue to perform extensive renovations on Elixir, I thought I would post a quick update.

Recently, I took a break from work to grab a bite to eat on St. Simmons Island.  On the way back I was sitting at a red light when in front of me in huge living color, my boat appears on an electronic bill board!  Elixir is the boat in front of the big boat.  Kinda cool I thought!

Meanwhile, we have been doing a lot of work.  As you can see in this picture, we have gutted our galley and are having an entirely new galley built.  It will be complete with all new appliances and will give us much more storage space.  We are very excited in anticipation of its completion.








We are also having all the wood on the outside sanded down.  We are replacing all of the varnish on the boat with Permaflex.  Not only is it a lot less maintenance, but it go a long way towards waterproofing the boat.  We also think it will give the boat an more modern look.







We have also continued to paint the boat as we go.  Check out the shine on that cowling above the front windows!  Soon the whole boat will look that way!

We have taken a few opportunities to enjoy Elixir even though we have not been able to take her out (the renovations include a complete overhaul of the raw water and fuel supply systems of the main engine so it is not running right now).  Over Labor Day weekend, our son-in-law and granddaughter brought their jet ski over for a weekend of fun!  Marie's mom was also there, but she declined to go out on the jet ski.  ;)

As we get closer to our spring cruise, projects are starting to be completed.  Jump over to the Restorations page to see some of the recent ones!