A year later...

Starting to look very cruiser-like.  Leif wanted the kayak out of the photo...

It's been a year since we purchased "The Cat's Meow", and slowly transformed her into "Finisterra".  The new canvas has added a subtleness to her lines, and looks a lot like the old Honcho.  We took a weekend recently and sailed to the isthmus at Catalina.  It was an excellent sail over at around 7-8 knots, arriving in about 4 hours.  It's so nice to be able to leave the dock in the early afternoon and still have a great day of sailing, arriving at happy hour ( of course they're all happy hours at sea).
    We are slowly adding more of the necessary equipment for our upcoming trip, as well as learning more of what we already have.  On this trip we tried out the tankless water heater and found it to be a sensational asset.  Lovely hot water instantly without the engine running, yippee!  Of course one has to watch that the water isn't left on for long periods of time, as fresh water is still a limited commodity.  I have to say it's really luxury riding on this boat, so comfy and much easier to cook and have real meals without canned food dominating the menu.  With a freezer aboard it opens up new areas for creativity with dinners. 
   This is Memorial Day weekend, and we're going to add supports to the stern rail, and attach the new engraved documentation numbers that I carved over the last week.  Hopefully we'll get to do a little dinghy cruise around the marina, as we still haven't tried the new dinghy with the old engine. 

Our entry way.