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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 02:28:00 GMT
Lightning!
More broke stuff!
This morning I was going through things getting ready to get underway and
the engine didn't start! scared me... but it was just a loose wire on the
alternator. Then I noticed a raw water leak. It was a loose bolt on the
raw water stack in the heat exchanger. Then I started going through the
navionics and chart plotters only to find out that the rudder position
indicator was not working. I'm betting that a near by lightning strike took
out the rudder. So now the autopilot does not work and the sea temprature
is showing 125F. That's a little hotter than is likely. Typical pain
tolerance is about 106-108 and the water has been 101 which is hot tub
temprature.
We spent the day today cleaning up and clearing the decks. I had two
storage bins I purchased for putting engine pieces in and I filled them with
trash and took them to the dumpster. I think we're pretty close to sailing
but I'm going to need to order a rudder position sensor.
Tonight we had beans and rice and tortillias for dinner and we had friends
over who are helping us with various things.
It'll be an early day tomorrow so we are going to bed early.