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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:50:00 GMT
Clean up
Cleaning up Boot Key Harbor and a busy week.
Last Saturday the 18th we helped clean up he Mangroves where the tides and
winds have lodged all kinds of trash in their roots. We pulled out
several bags of trash and a couple buckets and a mattress. We had to tow
the matress to shore. We tied a rope around it and pulled it with our
poor little dingy at about 1/2 knot. We had to go about a mile and by the
time we got there the rope was about 1 inch from pulling of the matress.
Afterwards there was a gift give away with lots of advertising and gift
cards from the local community from resturants and the like. It was a lot
of fun Ryan from Intreped organized it. I guess it happens every year.
But it was a long hot day with a fun ending. We got a gift certificate to
Burdines down harbor a little bit.
Sunday was a very stormy day with winds reaching 29 knots and lots and lots
of rain. I have now identified more caulking to re-do becuase of little
water leaks on the outside. So this morning I pulled out some of the
offending caulking so it can dry out.
Yesterday I bought a used Victron 100/30 from Ryan and tried to get it
hooked up. It's not charging and I'm not sure why but I think it has to
do with the batteries because I have not been able to get anything to
charge. I'm really pulling my hair out (Literally because I keep catching
my hair on the screws on the top of the aft lazzerette where I'm doing
boat yoga to put it in). It's quite frustrating because this should be
pretty simple but it's not working. I have tried 3 different solar
chargers now and none of them work. I think it's the batteries perhaps
being nearly full? I'm not sure. I suppose it's possible to have 3 bad
chargers but that's a pretty big stretch.
The month is flying by and we need to be ready to go but our exhaust elbow
is not in yet and I'm getting worried about it. The guy supposedly working
on a temp fix for me is not contacting me back. I need to get it going
soon or we'll be here for the summer.