Boat almost ready for the loop

WASP18 · Post by **WASP18** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:31 pm

ris wrote:wasp18 you have to be careful on those small vacs cause some do not suck up much. We tried 4 different ones at lowes and the depot and just took a chance on the Shop Vac brand from Amazon. Hopefully yours will really suck . My wife likes it cause it is so light. You need ear plugs with ours as it is loud but does a great job.

Thanks for this information. The brand I purchased on Amazon (ArmorAll) had over 1,500 reviews with 4 3/4 stars prevailing. "Strong suction" dominated the comments. One person used it for spot carpet cleaning water removal.

Three Gypsies · Post by **Three Gypsies** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:23 am

Yall did a beautiful job ! Congrats !

We are preparing for our 2016 cruise . This will be a close to home cruise , from Montgomery to Apalachicola and back .

ris · Post by **ris** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:52 pm

Glad you two are getting back out this year. Glad that sweet woman of yours is still doing well. The PP limo still doing its job?

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:56 am

Nice mods Ris

Chinook · Post by **Chinook** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:35 pm

Hi Rich and jill,

Won't be long now before you take off. Where are you planning to depart from? Will you be reporting on progress here? We'll want to track your progress. Hope you have a great trip.

ris · Post by **ris** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:20 am

Mike, we leave from Vero Beach Fl. on the Atlantic side of Florida on Saturday 2 April. We have a blog, "thejillkristy.wordpress.com" on which we will post our progress. Will post here some of our stuff here.

Ponaldpe · Post by **Ponaldpe** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 6:18 am

Ris
The boat and mods look good , y'all did a great job, enjoy the trip .
Don

Obelix · Post by **Obelix** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:21 am

Just looked at your blog and admired your preparations. Great job done

Best of luck with your travels and please keep your blog alive.

Obelix

C Buchs · Post by **C Buchs** » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:08 am

ris wrote:Mike, we leave from Vero Beach Fl. on the Atlantic side of Florida on Saturday 2 April. We have a blog, "thejillkristy.wordpress.com" on which we will post our progress. Will post here some of our stuff here.

I just added your blog to my the pages that open when I open Chrome on my computer in the morning. I'll be watching your progress!

Jeff

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:54 am

After looking at your pictures one observation that I have is that you will want some window coverings. Since our Mac is in a slip I noticed that at night with the cabin lights on the boat is kind of like a fish bowl. Your admiral is going to want some privacy. If you ever want to sleep late you will want blinds on the two skylights (ceiling windows).

The following mod by Knotshore is perfect for an

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http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1939

I ordered OceanAir CabinShades for the two skylights and will be installing them this weekend. I am hoping that this will keep the interior cooler under our hot Texas sun. I intend to install them port to starboard with the roller blind housing in the center rather than stern to bow as Knotshore did. I stole this idea from Boat since it looks good that way.

Other than that your boat looks amazing. I really like the bright open interior of your boat, as well as the more open transom.

I hope that you have a great adventure on your loop trip!

MacGregorSailors.com

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