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October 8, 2026

Make improvements and progress

So despite the delays revolving around my mother move, I’ve been make good use of our time on the hard.  The davits are finalized and I’ve successfully hung Serenity.  The six to one purchase makes it easy to lift her up and down by hand.  The defections of the davit arms is under the maximum value shown from my FEA so I’m confident in the design.  The bifacial solar panels are producing power and are easily moved inboard/outboard while under the load of Serenity.

The hard dodger is finished and painted.  The canvas sides are coming along nicely.  I have finished the front and starboard panels.  The port panel is about 85% complete, but I ran out of thread so I waiting for that to be received before I can finish the port side.  The aft panel still needs some sort of addition to attach the lower section to the aft deck.

The CVMS is coming along nicely.  The database is functional and I’ve now integrated maintanance into the automation.  I will received notification when a maintenance task is due, along with the tools, items, and locations to complete the task.  I’m currently working on adding better inventory management including minimum inventory flags and purchasing/replenishing routines.

So while we are still waiting to launch, I’m using this time effectively.  Current launch date is now early January 2027.