New hatch for the head and a new dingy winch (Patreon)

Hi Guys!

Happy Friday! :) In this video, I installed a new hatch in our head. The hatch replaced the solar vent we installed back in Europe. I've never had good luck with the solar fans, and I think the hatch will work out better for us. Also, I installed a hand winch on our solar arch. That means we finally have a good (easy) way of pulling the dinghy out of the water.

In realtime news. We just got word that Ava is going to Budapest with her sister. She will get to Trinidad in late December, at which point we'll put Athena back in the water and get back to cruising. Meanwhile, I officially have a green light to get started on some of the bigger projects ;) Like finishing the aft cabin, the nav station, the new headliner, and stuff like that :) Thanks to a couple of local friends, I have a good idea of where to get almost everything I need. Exciting times!

A local viewer (Paul) is an airline pilot. That has come in handy in getting my MacBook back to the US after some liquid damage. Yesterday, I was going through some of the upcoming projects, including a water-purifying doohike from Acuva. I brought the doohickey itself back from the US, but upon studying the manual, it turns out it comes with a connection for US PEX tubing. Athena is, of course, metric PEX. Long story short, I need some fittings that are challenging to get here. Paul to the rescue! He's flying to New York early next week and will bring back the fittings I need. I feel incredibly lucky to have met Paul!

I hope you have a fantastic weekend:) Thank you so much for your support! Stay safe :)