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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:55:00 GMT
Exhaust planning
Maintenance day I guess!
Today Sam and I took the boat apart to detail and document the exhaust
system so that we can get estimates for replacing it from a couple
different marine exhaust vendors. That meant pictures and measurements of
everything. It was a long process. Then I had to make a pdf with
drawings and measurements on pictures. While I was doing all that Hannah
went Shopping with our neighbors on Moral Compass and then when she
returned we ate lunch in the cockpit. It was a good time and a good break
after a long morning.
After lunch we started on the windlass. There was originally a foot
switch for the windless and it had been removed and a hand switch put in
instead. The handswitch was worn out and would shock you every time you
used it. So we replaced it with a foot switch I found in Key West that
was the right size and even made in Italy. The only problem is that it is
plastic. However, the switch is good so I think I can have a stainless plate
made for it. When we got it all hooked up it didn't work. UGH... once
again after about an hour of fiddling with it we found another bad ground
very near the one we fixed a while back. The cross member under the
windless is made from aluminum angle and it has steel bolts going through
it so the two types of metals causes corrosion. I cleaned the bolt and
put the last drips of my Deoxit on it. I will order new soon.
The two batteries I ordered from Lion have not shipped yet so I called them
to find out why. I guess they were waiting for a re-manufactured unit to be
finished for the sale and were out. So they are sending me two new ones for
the price of the re-manufactured ones. No complaints. They will be in in
about a week.