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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:29:00 GMT
Leaving Zimmerman's
Work Complete for the moment.
Hi All! We leave tomorrow for Blackbeards in the AM so this is our last
night with shore power for a while. It's easy to get lazy. We have
enjoyed our stay here and got a lot of things accomplished. Now it's time
to get ready for our Journey South before it cools off to an uncomfortable
level.
So in the last week we installed the Raw water pump, hoisted the repaired
Genoa, Put in the boom vang, cleaned up the lazy jacks, organized our new
Eley garden hoses, continued our inventory of the boat, went looking for material to make new
cushions inside, found two water pump spares at a yard sale, cleaned our
netting, put in the new cat 5 outdoor cable to the groove, and put on
water before we leave the dock tomorrow morning.
The raw water pump on the engine we moved to a different location. The
input and output hoses run in front of the engine very near the main
pully. There is only about 1/4 inch clearance and when the engine
vibrates sometimes it chafes the hose. So I drilled 4 new holes in the
pump mount so that I could rotate the pump about 10 degrees. This lifted
the lower (input) hose about an inch off the pully. This turned out to
work really well. Also we found one of the 4 allen screws was stripped on
the engine block side. So I went with a slightly longer allen screw to
capture the good threads. I'm very pleased with how it's working.
For the boom vang I drilled and tapped the boom to fasten a new bail
underneath and then we will run line to each toe rail to a block and then
back to the secondary winches to tighten it when we're running or on a
broad reach.
Today we spent with our Friends B and V at Bishops Marina at Mathews Point
where we started our journey. We miss the marina and many of our friends there.
The owners have done some very nice things to the facility. We just
couldn't justify keeping a slip there when we didn't spend any time there.
(Places to go and People to meet!!!) But if you want a really nice quiet
marina with great people check them out.
Lilah has found a new Hidy hole. We got a box in the mail and we put the
box on it's side on the Settee and she immediately claimed it and has been
sitting in it all week. Today Hannah put Jars in the box while we were
inventorying and Lilah is not pleased with us using her box.
We're still discussing where to go this year but with the instability in the
world it is difficult to decide whether to stay in the US or head for the
Islands. We will probably decide next week as we head out the Beaufort
Inlet... nite nite.