Up as normal, then breakfast, the net, and our bible reading. Reneé is off to do laundry, and I am on the boat waiting for Eddie to come down and reinstall the clamps for the mast boot, while we wait on parts.
We got an email yesterday with the tracking numbers for out toilet parts (due today!) and our new refrigerator (due 11/22/2021). We tracked the toilet parts and they were delivered this morning about 9:30. I have checked with Sergio about installation, he says Saturday at 10 am, yeah!
We have not signed for the sail import yet, as far as I know Mike has everything he needs from us, and the new sails and halyards are supposed to be to the importer today or tomorrow in San Diego/Tijuana. So, when we have to sign, we will figure out how to get that done.
Finally the fan for the settee is installed, well the wiring has some work needed but the fan is working. The thing about boats, is that there is never enough room. So, things get put in less than perfect locations. The original design put the batteries under the galley. (I am not 100% sure of that but I think I heard it somewhere. Our batteries are on the opposite side of the boat under the settee, some of the batteries are under the seat at the aft end of the settee (couch), some are in the compartment under the back of the settee at the aft end of the settee. This means the batteries are separated by a piece of wood/fiberglass that is the back side of the settee and take up an approximately 3 x 3 foot square area. The battery charger/inverter is mounted above the battery box inside the settee just forward of the Nav Station (desk). The solar charge controller is mounted to the outboard wall just forward of the inverter/charger. When the cushions are in place for the settee there is limited ventilation for this compartment to remove the heat. There is one small fan that takes a suction on this compartment and blows our into a space between the back of the compartment and the hull which dissipates some of the heat, but not enough for the charger/inverter. This heat is really only an issue when the charger/inverter is running at “high” load, so either shore power is on (powering the charger) or the inverter is on supplying the AC outlets. So, the fan that I installed is an AC powered fan with a temperature switch that comes on at a preset point. We are in the tropics, so ambient temperature is mid 80’s without any heat added by the charger, so it is currently set at 91 degrees F. There is pretty good air flow, even with the cushions installed.
