Have had zero time lately to go aboard and do anything. Still so much to do, but then so much has been accomplished. Engine totally rebuilt, new fuel tank. New water tank. New hot water heater. All new hose. New alternator, with smart regulator. All new AGM batteries. New duocharge to charge both banks. New 3000 watt Victron inverter with a 120 amp charger. New 50 amp shore power. New 12000 and 10000 BTU marine air conditioners. New sound insulation in engine room. All new fuel hose. All new 4/0 battery wiring. New DC wiring, new Blue Sea Systems 360 Breakers. New inverter control. New AC BSS breakers. BSS VMS that monitors amps, volts, fluid levels, bilge pump cycles... ect. New bilge pump. New exhaust hose. New bilge hose. 2 new toilets. 1 is a electric macerating elegance by raritan and the other is a PH2 manual head to a new 30 gal holding tank. New purasan waste treatment system. Every singe thru head replaced with forespar marelon seacocks. New cutlass bearing.Bottom job.  Wow! I sure did a lot. So much more to do.
Lots of painting to do. New bimini and dodger. finish varnishing the interior. New cushions on all surfaces. Finish the ac wiring. Finish the d/c wire. Install fuel polishing system.
Then replace all running rigging. New sail cover. New jib protective cover. Paint deck. One day replace the ports.
When looked at this way, seems like I am more finished than I thought given all the time work money and energy spent. Main cabin sole is finally installed. Its looking better and better each day. Just wish I had more time to do it.

Either I am a idiot or there is craziness here.....

Trying to install the water system. This consists of 2 tanks (should have been 4 but I messed up..)(will have to revisit it later) and a pump and related hoses, and fitting connected to faucets and water heaters and pumps.
Ah in a simple world, all would play nice. But this is the real world, where priests molest kids, and nothing ever goes easily. So heres the deal. I chose 2 years ago almost to go with a system by Whale, a British company that manufacture pumps, faucets and water related stuff for boats, rvs and industry. They have a unique system that uses rigid 15mm plastic pipe to transfer water thought the boat. The fitting snap together. Simple right?
Except there are BSP fittings or British standard and NPT or national pipe thread  and they DO NOT fit together. Of course then there are male and female fittings..... now which idiot figured out that way of determining how to classify pipe fittings? Again, maybe I am a idiot, or confused, or maybe this is way to frigging complicated for the average guy. I have spent to much time, and to much money on this. Should have just used 1/2" hose and hose clamps, and cut off the threads on stuff. Would have been easier
I have finally asked for direction from Whale. Maybe should have done that in the first place, but you know, this ain't rocket science.

Working to hard.... not enough time for the boat.

Working 12 hour nights 4-5 per week so very little time to work on the boat. But have managed to get the foreward head working, with a new toilet and holding tank, all new hose ( the real good kind... ) and have put in 90% of the new 15mm water lines. The aft head is coming along, with the purasan waste treatment system 85% complete, and the rairitan elegance electric head almost finished. Waiting on some fittings to finish it all up. I removed the aft holding tank to fit the purasan, which is a waste treatment system that allows full disinfection  and over board discharge of toilet soild matter. It uses a chemical reaction using fresh water and electricity to kill 99% of pathogens in stool. If I am in a No discharge zone, I will use the foreward manual head and holding tank, which currently is set up for only being emptied by a shoreside pump. In the future there will be provisions for empting it with a macerator pump to overboard.
Also managed to remove some cabinetry in the galley to replace the deck drains, and the water fill hoses as well as the water vent hose. All badly in need of replacement. I also need to finish the wiring of the port side, and the galley wiring, as well as a few others.
Happily the air conditioning system is operational, and one day it was on cool, the next heat.... as the weather here in Texas is a bit crazy but is not settling down.
The Corpus Christi in water boat show starts in a few weeks, which means moving the boat to a new slip for a few weeks ..... and the last time  that  happened she took on water, so the stress level is a bit high anticipating that.
Will post some picures when possible.

The work goes on like a hard slog to windward.

I expect this would happen to anyone in a major refit. When you hit a wall and look around and see how much work this to go and get discouraged. So on my spare time yesterday, I took a gander on the 'net on boats forsale that I would love to take, right now, and go voyaging, instead of putting about in the dank dark cold interior of Sarah Claire. It was a nice interlude. But fantasy, so back to the grind.
This week finds me installing 2 marine air, air conditioning units. What a difficult job this is proving to be.
The boat when purchased, had 1 16500 btu air conditioner installed in it.  This might have worked out ok, or as the PO (previous owner) stated "works great" (NOT!) if it had been installed correctly, but of course it was not. You cannot install a ac unit on a boat with 2 ducts, both less than a foot from the unit. Just doesn't work. The cold air just recycles around itself causing the unit to freeze and the rest of the boat to stay hot. AC in name only.
So last year 2 marine air vector turbo units were purchased. Finally got around to attempting to install them this week.  Boats just are not meant to have duct work in them like a home. It is very difficult to place a 6" hole in a bulkhead that you can hardly get your hand into to cut. Most of them have fiberglass tabbing as well, which ruins the cutting edge on my tools. Cutting one hole can take hours. Then  there is the plumbing.
Oh how much fun  it is  when these marine supplies give you stuff that just doesn't fit right. Like a pump that has a 1" in and a 3/4" out, neither of which they supplied with the unit. Or the duct connector that fits to the top of the ac unit that the duct attaches to, but then of course the screw holes do not line up... not even close.
Or many other such examples. In fact I find that the more involved I get the more ticked off at these companies I get. They must not install their own products, cause if they did they would supply a extra screw or two, make sure the places where things are put like wires, bolts screws etc, are large enough for it and more. Its impossible not to drop a screw now and then installing this stuff in places where access is quite difficult. And once dropped, forgetaboutit. I now have in my bilge a few screws, washers, and a very nice ratching wrench that I know I will miss.

So I am a little tired this week. It will pass. I will keep slogging on. I need to get the water tanks back in asap so the salon sole can be reinstalled. That will be great, to have a real floor to walk on again instead of slipping and sliding around on the fiberglass boat bottom. Soon. Real soon.