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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 01:46:00 GMT
Batteries
New Eagle Batteries today!
Hi! Today we received 4 new LiFePo4 batteries from Eagle in Utah. They
arrived last night but I didn't pick them up till this morning. We were
cleaning up the boat so that we could have friends over at 14:30 and I was
only supposed to pick them up but not install them. But after picking
them up and trying to find a place to put them I decided it was easier to
install them than to find a temporary home for them. And it went well,
all the wires fit and it turns out that the battery box was designed for 6
grouop 27 batteries and the 4 group 31's never fit correctly. Not only
that but they appear to be charging just fine!.
The boat is looking really good right now. The deck is mostly complete and
we are just putting on new coats of poly on top of the varnish now. we
put everything away and got it ready to sail and she looks much better
without everything lying around. We got lazy the last couple weeks while
we were working on things.
Then this afternoon and evening we had friends over and discussed buddy
boating to the islands for the next little while. I'm still trying to get
the exhaust fixed and new bottom paint but it is possible that we can do
that in somewhere like the Dominican Republic where labor is cheaper. I'm
still not sure what to do and we are discussing the options. I have to
drive up to NC with Brad to get their car as they are staying here for a
long while to build up funds again. Then I can either bring our car here
so we can work on the boat here or I can leave it at Blackbeards and come
back with Brad and we can fix the boat in another country. There is a lot
to consider with the current state of the world so unstable. I'm not sure
we're ready to leave the land of west marine just yet.
But this is a nice opportunity and our new found friends are very very
sweet to invite us.
Tomorrow I am going to fly our drone for someone to check the top of their
mast and also pick up some wires for the solar panals.
For now Hannah is making dinner and the batteries are charging and all is
well :)