Ending the work, and starting an adventure

Well, better late than never.
I finally managed to get the work (or most of the work) I wanted to be done, done.

Spent few hours on top of my mast struggling with a halyard change.

An easy one, two days before departure...
changing the fuel sender..

And the display gauge.
Ended up to be a nightmare, that almost cost me my departure

Replacing this sucker (which is NOT a breaker),
I shorten my full engine electrical and lost my alternator.

Digging into 30 years old diagram,
still relatively up-to-date (which is actually scary)

Digging in books,

Finally, found the cause of my problems.
Relays and reset buttons, with the help of professionals.

As the sender plate was removed, I decided to look in the bottom of the tank.
By pumping a bit....

Well. I knew I had some growth.
At that point, I am running on Bio Diesel.

Another dirty job, while working with fuel.
Changing filters. Well, needed as you can tell.

Of course, I screwed my bleeding of the pipes again (third time, I think, every time, I changed the filters), and I had to bleed my injectors - again- . It is becoming routine at this point, but it is always super stressful to see your engine failing to start try after try (but so great when it comes to live again).

To keep the fun going, it was time to replace this 6 month old Stainless Steel Rod.
Well, not sure what kind of stainless it was,but it was so rusty I had to grind it.

Tired and stressed with all those electrical problems until the planned day of departure - there was a good weather window - light winds, and good direction - I eventually decided to go, with or without alternator (or instruments, but who cares about instruments).
With some good luck, the afternoon just before the departure, I eventually managed to install my new halyard (second time I lose the line inside the mast and spend 3 hours playing with pieces of wire to try to get it back through), and the guys from 'Boat Solutions' (you cannot invent this name) found the reset buttons (just before they decided to remove the alternator - what a luck).
All was good, and after some cleaning, it was time to leave,
and come back home.