Progress Update: October 22nd

(HYDROCAP vents for battery bank)

• A big shout out to HYDROCAP Corporation for their generous donation of 12 catalytic battery cap vents! We had an issue with the new boats battery installation.
  We were planning on replacing the rather substantial bank with AGM batteries since the area is unvented, a bad thing with lead acid batteries.
  HYDROCAP supplied us with catalytic vent caps that convert the vented hydrogen back in to water and then back into the cell. Thank you!!
• Eric removed the old sump pump for the shower drain and installed a new pump and revised the plumbing system. The old pump wasn't meant to be a sump pump and clogged easily. Also, in eight feet, the old hose changed diameter three times!
• A new upgraded head has been ordered and will be installed soon.
• Mary has started scraping and hand sanding all the outside old varnished areas down to fresh teak. Most of it will not be re-varnished, it will be left to gray out. 
• Next week, the 3 storage units will be moved into one larger 10x20 unit. This step will make it much easier to organize, move forward. and help with the chaos (We can't find anything!!) of the transition while we make areas ready on the boat.