I’ve scheduled to get ‘Jemm of the Sea’ put on water tomorrow at 10AM local time. Then I realized that I better get the Log and the Maintenance Record books initialized and ready for that event.
The boat is official.
I’ve just received the official registration papers, so called ‘Blue Book’, together with the VHF radio license.
Leaky faucet.
After fixing a leaky deadlight now I’ve discovered a leaky faucet in the galley. After fruitless efforts to seal it by replacing seals and o-rings I had to decide to swap it for a new one. That called for pulling…
Fixed that deadlight!
The last couple of days I was getting Amazon.fr packages with my boat supplies and equipments. Once I’ve got my tool box I was able to get going with fixing this leaky deadlight. So this morning I removed it to…
And up the mast again.
And finally, on this chilly and crisp morning I was able to fix that damned steaming light. Due to the fact that all those wires and connecters are very tightly packed inside the light housing, one of the connectors was…
Up the mast.
I spent this morning trying to fix the broken ‘steaming light’. Climbed the main mast up to the spreaders where the light is located and remove its bulb. Climbed down, checked the bulb. It worked fine so I climbed up…
Most of the systems are go.
I’ve been working on my boat every day since we came here. So far I was able to go through and check the following systems: Shore power – go Charger – go Inverter – go (However for some strange reason…
Ready to be hoisted!
Carving plaque
Got myself an engraved plaque with the Official Number and the Net Tonnage. It’s going to be permanently attached to the vessel, as required by BVI Ship Registry.
Ship’s Carving and Marking Note
BVI Ship Registry issued a Ship’s Carving and Marking Note today. Now I have to mark the boat on the transom with its official name ‘Jemm of the Sea’ and its port of registry ‘Road Harbour’ and ‘carve’ the Official Number…