I really must find the time to move the blog over to the new version for the new boat but sufficient unto the day thereof ..
I forgot to mention one job we did yesterday which was fixing the mainsheet traveller. In a nutshell, it didn't travel very well. After much head scratching we concluded that the string was too short resulting in too much tension. An unusually cheap visit to the on site chandlery for a new bit of string and hey presto
On to today ...
The most urgent task was tackled first - a generous coat of anti-foul on the patches scraped back for the survey.
That done, we attempted to obtain breakfast but there was no sign of life at the cafe even though it was the advertised opening time. Never mind, we'd have a pint and a sarnie later
Next job involved plastering the prop with PropGuard, a wax based anti-foul that has to be melted in boiling water then brushed on quick before it sets. Messy job!
We moved on to the rather less messy but a good deal more puzzling task of investigating some oddities on the electrics. For some reason, the NMEA output from the Seatalk - NMEA interface had been disconnected from the chart plotter.
(For those who don't know the technology, the instrumentation, depth, speed, wind and compass, is connected to the sensors and to the interface with a proprietary bus called Seatalk. The plotter, however, uses the industry standard NMEA connections. The interface connects one to the other)
Without this connection, the chart plotter cannot display the data from the instrument sensors. We wired it back up and bingo, it ask worked properly.
We then investigated the sink waste plumbing which is a bit odd. Having to go to the v-berth to press a button to operate the pump which empties the gallery sink at the other end of the boat seems a bit awkward to say the least. In its favour, it works but it's begging for improvement!
It being lunch time we headed to the club, ordered a pint and enquired about the prospects of a sandwich or two. We were, as you can imagine, delighted to learn that we'd have to wait an hour and a half and then we could have a carvery sandwich. We settled for a packet of crisps each!
Back aboard, we chucked our kit plus some stuff too go into storage into the car ready for the off. Then we checked the sea cocks were definitely all closed before locking up and leaving.
Stuck my head round the door of the office to say tara, which in hindsight might have been a mistake. The harbor master seems awfully keen to get us in the water as soon as and, of course, start charging us visitor berthing rates. As we've paid until the 6th of October for yard storage I'm not happy about that. Shall have to ring the boss man tomorrow and clarify matters.
We hit the road good and early and headed up to Fox's in Ipswich to pay a flying visit to Ocean Lady and pick up the anchor that Jim off Fullcircle left with Lisa for us. That done, we did some window shopping and tyre kicking in Fox's chandlery before heading for home
All in all, a very successful weekend. Can't wait to actually go sailing though!
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