In early November I decided that I needed a bigger, higher, more complete roof overhead. Costco had this four pole. powder painted 10' x 20 cover for $164.95. It was complete with all four sides but I did not use them. Now, as this picuture was taken (6/11/05) it was good to see my boat well protected thru the winter instead of having to rely on it's own cover.

The purpose of the 20" box fan will come clear later.

With the advent of warmer weather I decided to get back into gear. I sold a motorcyle on Ebay to obtain the funds to get a new motor. I have obtained a salvage 2001 Ford Explorer 5.0 liter motor with 36k mi on it. I will not attempt to duplicate the stolen motor due to the cost. Fortunately I had all of the peripheral parts safely in my garage so this will be a matter of changing the cam, flywheel, timing cover and oilpan to make it suitable to receive all of my previously prepared components.