Welike Gets a New Engine

John at Marine Services on Cornet Bay said c'mon over whe I called asking for a little help with mounting the E-Tec. I showed up at 1:30and he and his son Jason and mechanic JR swarmed over the boat and had the thing on the transom in about 45 minutes, including hooking up the steering.








I've asked them to work on the controls, and they're on that now.





It's raining pretty hard now and I've just discovered the joys of a full camper top: the while cockpit stays nice and dry. I like it!



The old dash is full of ugly holes but one of them is now filled with the new tach-and-idiot-light display. we'll worry about cosmetics later.



Next, new batteries:


Finally, three hours later, we're all done and heading home.

Welike in her new home in La Conner. Tomorrow, fuel tanks. Thursday, sea trial!


One last note. For those of you family members who know the property, you probably don't recognized the location of the photo above. It's actually right next to the pump house. I had Terry McNeil, our local backhoe service guy, come over for a couple hours this morning and prep what will become the boathouse pad. The plan is to create, over the next few years, a building that will house a shop and an outdoor covered area that will accommodate two boats, a 20-footer and my Skagit 25 - a very long-term project that we never talk about. Here's another shot of the location.