Still chugging along --- the dinghy and motor are here and work great. We took a day and drove to Annapolis to pick the dinghy up. It was one of those gorgeous spring days, so we spent time at the city dock while we were there. It seems like the inflatable will be a good replacement for the old 8 ft hard dinghy. We learned last year that it was too small, unstable, and not seaworthy in a chop. Our trip last Labor Day to Deale Island for the skipjack races was the clincher. We anchored further out than we thought, and then the winds came up while we were away from the boat. It was a rough ride back to the boat. The new outboard has an electric starter button. With the electric start, now I can start the outboard and run the dinghy alone. This would be especially important in the case of a medical emergency.
Luke has been making progress. He's installed the electrical panel for the back-up bilge pumps, designed a harness for the new dinghy (to carry her on our davits), designed and installed an anchor locker divider (need 2 anchors for Maine/Caribbean), and is working on the second anchor roller.
Luke is also working on blocking off some of the space under the bed for storage.
I've made the sun shades for the cockpit enclosure, plus a heat reflector for the top of the bimini. A lot of time spent, too, on deciding where to best stow all of the foodstuffs, etc, for the northern portion of our trip.
Wick has helped by sleeping 90% of the time and helping his daddy the rest.
He's proven himself to be a true cat. oh, and the enclosed cockpit is part of his world now. In fact, I have to be sure it's closed in, as he's started to wander out onto the topside of the boat. We've got a harness for that (lucky cat...) 
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You better get that boy a water wing to go around his tummy...
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