Travel with Family, Sunken Dinghy and Varnishing

This week we got to spend some great time with Family. We planned on taking a full week plus off work and boat projects while we went and visited family and stayed with Deb's Brother and Sister in Law. Wow, We had a great time. We started by picking up Chazzy from school on the last day of school before the Christmas break. She got off early and we were waiting with the car packed and ready to go. From there we hit the road and drove about 6 hours or so to get just south of Houston. We stayed the night at a nice full suite Marriott down in Sugarland Texas. The next morning we headed off to Corpus and were at Daniel and Katherine's by noon. Over the next 2 days, my son and his wife and my daughter would all come to stay as well. They were so gracious hosting all of us and had a great house and location to do so. All in all, it was Daniel and Katherine, Kim and Maci (niece and 1 year old), Spencer (son) and his wife, Whitney (daughter) and Myself, Deb and Chazzy and Swab. We celebrated Maci's first birthday on 12/22, and Swabs 5th birthday on Christmas Day. We all had matching Christmas Pajamas and sadly there was a virus going around the house over those few days. Spencer got hit first on Saturday night and into Sunday, for Danny and Katherine it was all day Christmas day and for Whitney and Deb, it was the day after Christmas. Somehow Chazzy, Swab and I all avoided it :) We celebrated Deb's birthday on the 28th and were back home on the 29th. What a GREAT week it was. Once home we got back on the boat and saw the sunken dinghy. Granted I knew it was filling with water and before I left I threw a battery operated pump in it and figured I would just let it run until the 3 D Cell batteries died, but sadly it didn't pump out the dinghy and it was sitting low, with water over the battery and even the main battery switch and fuse box. I am going to have to do some work on our little yacht tender. It has also been raining, a lot and sadly we were still seeing drips in the boat. This was a very dejected moment for both of us. Drips over our bunk, drips around the mast and drips from under the side deck where I have the port out. I am hoping it is just because of the port being out, but don't know. Either way, we decided to extend our stay in the camper for 1 more month to see if we can get some more stuff done. Deb got to varnishing down below while I focused on raising the dinghy. I hope you all enjoy this weeks video, it is a bit of our family Christmas for the first half and boat projects and what we came home to on the last half. Keywords: Christmas, Corpus Christi, Family Vacation, Sunken Dinghy, a sunken boat, dingy sunk, varnishing, varnish interior, varnishing teak, stopping leaks, pour over coffee, Lady Lexington, Gray Ghost, Ice Skating, Christmas in tropics, Swimming on Christmas, Sick family, Virus going around Don't forget to like and share this video Please check out our other videos as well and click on the playlist below for a couple we think you may enjoy. Our Refit Playlist - https://youtu.be/8wyNNpLAeNs Our Sailing to New Orleans Playlist - https://youtu.be/gzzteJxewAU Our Epoxy Vs Polyester Fiberglass test results - https://youtu.be/V1bXiKPYDKI Our series on hatches - https://youtu.be/7dNMu8s32kY and Our Series on new Freshwater Plumbing - https://youtu.be/8uv7ABaD3YM Some of the tools we mention in our videos are: Oscillating Multi-tool - https://amzn.to/2GtDpWC Carbide Grinding blade for the oscillating tool - https://amzn.to/2Gsovnz Ryobi Skill Saw (I have the corded) - https://amzn.to/2uKnm5o The Cordless version is here - https://amzn.to/2uJwOWA Small Trim Router (Great for tight places) - https://amzn.to/2GtkHmd *Please remember these are affiliate links and it helps us but doesn't cost you more if you buy from Amazon using these links. Join us on our journey as we continue to rebuild, refit and prepare our Formosa 51 Sailboat for our continued cruising journey. We have always loved the Formosa, bought one (on a bit of a whim) late in 2014, moved aboard this one right away and started to do our refit while living board. We are avid fans of Cruising Outpost and Good Ole Boat (Good Old Boat) magazines and love the ideas we get from them. Subscribe !! https://www.youtube.com/c/svdreamchaser?sub_confirmation=1 Support !! http://www.patreon.com/svdreamchaser Lets Connect !! - http://www.facebook.com/svdreamchaser - http://www.twitter.com/svdreamchaser - http://svdreamchaser.tumbler.com