Up at 7, breakfast and getting organized. Listened to the Net. Today, we have to finish checking in with the Port Captain, meet with Cano about bottom cleaning and stuff, maybe moving slips. We were waiting on a different slip down the dock. The one we are in is sort of pie shaped so we are pretty close at the stern to our neighbor. The other slip is more rectangular.
Well, that did not work! Current and wind got in the way, also a bigger boat was parked in the next slip, making the new “better slip” not that much better. End result at the worst possible time the bow thruster said “I AM TIRED” and stopped working. This is not surprising, the bow thruster is a 7 hp 12 volt motor. For those of you interested in the technical stuff, there are 746 watts per hp. So, 7×746 = 5,222 watts. The formula for power is I (current) x E (voltage) = P (power in watts). So, this motor is drawing about 435 amps from the batteries. EVERYTHING about this is HOT, the wires, the motor etc. So, we went out and puttered around the bay for a couple of hours to let it all cool down. We also talked to the office and got a different slip. While we were out, we saw a couple of dolphin and some birds. When we pulled back in to the new slip there was plenty of room.
Reneé went and got the laundry, I worked on contacting people about solar, generators, and dinghy’s finding a new dinghy that is in the states, that is only marginally more expensive than the one we did not get in February. That is no longer available. A part for the generator is supposed to be shipped tomorrow from Florida, and then forwarded by the importer. I had my meeting with Cano about what to do this summer, and I arranged to meet with the electronics guy about the solar stuff tomorrow morning.
After all the screwing around, we headed to the pool. We stopped by Denny and Steve’s boat and chatted for a bit, then headed out again and ran into Turi and Jeli on another boat and chatted with them for a bit, so all told it took us an hour and half to get from our boat to the pool, about a 10 minute walk.
After happy hour at the pool, back to the boat for dinner and our bible reading, we are trying to move it to the end of the day rather than rush through it in the morning. Then a real treat ICE CREAM! After the way today went we deserved it! Then showers and bed.
