Up in time for the net, we both sleep very well on the boat. Today is overcast, but there is no rain in the forecast. Also there is not supposed to be much wind. Perhaps less tomorrow, we need to get the sails up and some other stuff on deck needs to be done.
Well, not much got done today, (1) I started on replacing spool for the staysail roller furling, there are four screws holding the spool together, 3 are broken so it will have to be pried apart. There is a guard that also has to be removed, it has two screws, one is very hard to turn, the other didn’t move and I thought I was going to break it. (2) Next up was installing a USB/SD card reader for the Raymarine chart plotter. This requires drilling a hole for the device the template shows 40.5 mm. well, the hole saw set that I have has a 38 mm hole saw, and so that is a non starter. I went on line to find the saw, 38 mm = 1.496 in, or about 1.5”. The 40.5 mm = 1.594 in. The next size hole saw I can find on line is 1 5/8” = 1.625” = 41.28 mm. Which will work, and all it takes is an hour long trip each way to Home Depot with two buses each way, and about $20 US. (3) Well, next up was the stereo. Ours failed due to high voltage when the voltage regulator failed high. Of course I bought the new stereo, the new amplifier for one channel of speakers, and a new XM receiver to make sure I had all the parts I needed. So, here I am looking at the new one and the old one, and they are not the same size. So, a phone call to support later, I now know that there is a RETRO FIT kit ($27) to make the new one fit in the old hole. At some point the best answer is to stop trying to break the wall with your head.
We laid around until mid afternoon and then took a walk. After the walk, we checked the navigation lights on the boat. All were fine except one of our two stern lights was out, another project. Then Dinner, showers and bed.
