Bean to Beanstalk.

Once the decision was made to make an offer on SweetHaven, Mark and I sat down with a pen and a paper and started making a boat list. A list of everything we could imagine that the boat would need and repairs that needed to be made. At first it didn't seem too bad at first, a smallish list of mainly cosmetic things, and we thought, "this is doable." But that original smallish list seems to keep growing, I'm just afraid that its going to grow from a little bean into a giant beanstalk.

The Boat List. Fibreglass (port ama repair). $50- Epoxy resin (port ama repair). $100- Fabric (cushions, curtains...). $400- Foam (cushions, mattresses). $300- Curtain hardware. $100- Grey water tank/pipes/fittings. $350- Black water tank/pipes/fittings. $400- Fresh water tank/pipes/fittings. $400- Manual marine head. $250- Plumbing for head. $80- Head sink/cabinetry $200- Sink plumbing. $80- Hand held shower/hookups. $50- Wrap around curtain rod. $30- Bilge pump (x2). $150- Shower drain/installation. $100- Wind sensor Depth/speed transducer Display $1300- Barometer Weather station Chart plotter. $1000- Radar. $1300- Batteries (x3). $300- Power inverter. $350- Storm anchor. $600- Trampolines/hardware $500- Decals. $150- Emergency bag. $1000- Flash lights Solar radio Hand held VHF Batteries Rations PFD Survival water maker Etc... Fresh water maker. $3000- Battery bank. Dehumidifier/dry/fan.(x3). $150- Floater jackets (3 children's, 1 adult). $1300- Bosun chair. $300- Inflatable life raft. $3500- Fuel tank. $300- Galley fridge. $300- Propane enclosure. $100- Propane stove/chimney $500- Solar panels/hookups. $500- Miscellaneous $1500-

And if anybody wanted to take the time and a calculator to figure out what all that adds up to, you'll find out its a lot. Okay I'll save you the time, grand total: $21,000. (Picture my grandfather holding his chest and staggering about, a la Redd Foxx, "I think I'm having the big one!) And having just typed all this out I am sure here are things that I have not thought of yet because the list KEEPS GROWING. These estimates are being generous though and includes all the top of the line gear we could possibly need for a trip to circumnavigate the world which is way more than we need for our current purposes so our most immediate needs come in somewhere around $13,000. And even the completely outfitted estimates is still $10,000 under our max fixing-up budget so I think are still doing pretty good, still a bit of wiggle room in case of unforeseen problems. The only thing that would throw a big monkey wrench in the plans would be major structural repairs. But that's just the risk you gotta take I guess.