Delivery of Grimalkin aka FisherCat

[zipper]

Yes it is. We will be plugged into shore power. When we are not, we will have the option of using the inverter to heat the water or not. The heater pulls 6.25a which our current xantrex 1kw inverter could power, but I am pretty sure it is original equipment and is not a true sine wave inverter. A new 2kw inverter will handle all of our AC needs, even the coffee grinder, lol. Had to start the generator to grind coffee, the current inverter can not handle it. The house bank is (2) 190ah 4D type agm batteries. We currently have 475w of solar on the cat.

 

[tdonoughue]

Amazed that you have lived this long with only partial access to the coffee grinder!!!

The things we do for love of boat...

 

[zipper]

I de-named her today. I also used the heat gun to soften up the adhesive and pull the stripes off the hull. Debond for the win, to remove the adhesive. Acetone does not compare.




You can see the shadow of her original name “Allez Cat”.


Before

 

[tdonoughue]

Always kinda blows my mind to see a boat of that size up on 4 little jacks (with 6 even littler pieces of wood under the keels)... Good view of the outboards, tho.

 

[zipper]

Always kinda blows my mind to see a boat of that size up on 4 little jacks (with 6 even littler pieces of wood under the keels)... Good view of the outboards, tho.

She was designed to sit on the keels when the tide goes out. Some set the bridge on large sawhorses while on the hard for an extended period. I like her as is. She weighs a little over 8000#'s.

 

[zipper]

... Good view of the outboards,

Ya, the Yamaha 9.9's. One dark horse and one white horse. Tilting up the motors get us another knot under sail, no drag.

 

[zipper]

A nice day to remove oxidation on the topside’s. Almost done with this side. 4’ left, forward.


Now to polish, install the stripes, then wax. Then repeat on the other side. You can see the imperfect repair done in 2004 from hurricane damage while on a lift in Florida. Topside was impaled by the lift posts. Below the lifting sling marking tape aft and forward about 12'.

Wife painted the transom today with Petit easy poxy primer, to get rid of the shadows of the two previous names.