We spent Christmas in our normal range of daily pursuits–starting and finishing projects on Mahdee. We worked very hard in week before Christmas to get the wood burning stove installed so we could have a warm, cosy fire for the holiday. However, it wasn’t to be. The rain made it very difficult to do the “outside” parts of the project. The cold made it difficult for the glue to “go off” and dry, too.

Pics taken in the last week or so include David installing the metal for around the stove and making the hole in the deck for the stove pipe.

The stove was hard to get into place since it weighs almost 400 lbs; Beamer had been sleeping under it while it sat in the middle of the galley. While we moved it, he had to “relocate” to his old sleeping place in the storage areas under the bed in the stateroom.