The Sailing Hillbillies are Back! How did our boat survive 4 months of tropical storage!? Ep. 117
Calico Skies Sailing
From Wall Street finance to a 30,000 NM solo odyssey, join Bill Heaton of Calico Skies Sailing as he navigates the 'New Horizons' of blue-water voyaging.
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We return to our boat after leaving her in humid Panama for rainy season and are faced with lot’s of dirt and a variety of mold in every shade of the rainbow both on deck and down below. We start by scrubbing the deck and cockpit clean and then turn to the inside: Everything gets pulled out and put on deck to be aired out and sanitized by the bright sun. We then do a thorough inspection and see how we fared by checking each system, keeping an eye out for bugs and leaving hatches open to rid Calico of her damp feeling.
Though the engine starts (score!) our water heater is busted. We turn out to be roach free but instead contend with a weevil invasion and multiple wasp nests UGH. Bill climbs the mast to remove the nests and while he’s at it fix the broken steaming light; another casualty of leaving the boat for so long.
We continue testing systems and find that the generator still runs, another win. Bill recommissions the dinghy and takes her for a test drive to find that she’s also performing as expected. The story concludes with the arrival of a massive 106 pound box that we’ve had shipped from the USA filled with loads of new goodies to instal down the line. Woohooo!
0:00 Intro
1:09 We’re baaack!
2:01 Recap
2:40 The big moment, what will we find?!
5:34 Deck Clean Up
7:43 Systems Checks
9:51 Don’t try this at home..clearing wasp nest in the rig
13:05 Weevil Invasion
14:46 Fixing the steaming light
15:03 Testing the Generator
15:24 Recommissioning the Dinghy
16:06 106Lb box of goodies from the States
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