Adjusting to life aboard, not even afloat yet!

First order of business, get the galley organized.

At first, Brenda was a little concerned that there was not enough room given the size of a normal kitchen when compared to that of a galley on a boat. Fortunately, Brenda is a very organized person and had the galley in ship shape over the course of the first few days.

This is how i was living, note the stack of pizza boxes on rear shelf.

Still looks pretty rough, we haven't done any cosmetics here yet, we are living in a construction zone, but, at least the freezer is stocked, everything works and Brenda is cooking up a storm, YAHOO!

Jack has been having a bit of a rough time adjusting. At first he was really excited about boarding the boat, even though he's not crazy about stairs, he wanted to see something new. When he figured out that we weren't just "visiting", I think the novelty wore off.

I had come up with an idea to accomodate his arthritic joints and make accessing the interior of the boat a bit easier for him. I made preparations before his arrival by installing a series of pull out step extenders on the main companionway staircase. Looked good to me, I figured it would work. Wrong! He didn't like them one bit. Had to come up with a make shift plan until I can figure out a more long term solution.

Getting him on and off the boat when we're in the water is going to be another story. My plan is to use a small hoist the I'm planning to build. It will hook on to his life jacket in order to raise and lower him from the shore boat. Ya right! I don't think he's going to be too excited about that trip.