Time to prioritize

It's looking like our current vessel (Seabird) will be sold at the end of July leaving us without a permanent home until we get the new boat finished and launched. With that in mind we have set a target of early October to have Kama Hele in the water. We are pouring about as many hours as we have available into meeting that goal, and of course life and work still go on... its going to be a very busy summer. I don't expect to have everything completed by then, but we do want to have the "big stuff" done so we can move right onboard after the launch. Sue and I are working on a priority work list to keep us focused on items that are either: necessary for the operation and livability of the boat (running water, operational waste water systems, house electrical, and things that make the boat go), or that would be difficult to accomplish back at our home dock. I don't relish the idea of carting 4x8 sheets of plywood and big pieces of machinery down the 500 feet of ramps and docks that lead to our slip. If I start posting about window shades or making up fancy wood trim, shoot me a comment and remind me to "get focused!" This last weeks projects included some more wheelhouse electronics installs (murphy alarm panel for engine and bilge level alarms, and batteries for emergency wheelhouse back-up power). Also spent a day wrestling with what I hope will be that last of the big plywood cabin bulkheads. These are for the fwd head (to port) and the fwd cabin (to stbd). The last pic is of the likely placement of a tv in the aft master cabin... I know this doesn't meet the criteria above, but is necessary in order to finish the bulkheads that form the aft head (and we definitely need a working bathroom by the end of September). The bulkhead shown (with the cardboard tv cut-out) will have a void between the bedroom and the shower on the other side so that the tv can be recessed all the way into the wall. The limited space between the end of the bed and the bathroom bulkhead makes this the only solution for placing a tv here. Otherwise we would be banging into the monitor every time we walked past the bed. Even with a relatively large boat like this, as you reach the finish stage it becomes more and more a "battle for inches". -PB