Neil Scheuerlein

April 4 2024 Thursday Playa Santispac to Punta Chivato

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6, morning routines, then up anchor and underway by about 0915. This was our first day with the new electronics, sort of a shake down to see how they work and what (if any) problems we might find.
Good news, in general everything works well! We are still learning how to get the display to look like we want it too. The 9” chartplotter above the gangway is  VERY nice! See the pictures below. The passage was pretty uneventful and we arrived early enough to float. While floating a couple from a large power boat (MV Mola Mola, which is a kind of Sun Fish) Mitch and Pam (we think, as we were floating at the time). Then dinner, showers and bed.

This is what the depth sounder looks like in shallow wate

This is what a week of sitting at anchor looks like on the anchor alarm. The jauntt outside was an electronic glitch.

April 3 2024 Wednesday Playa Santispac

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6, morning routine. It was a pretty windy night, and morning.
Then a couple of phone calls, and Brian came over about 9 am. He installed the last chart plotter. Then we spent a couple hours going over how to use it. He was done a little after noon. I then spent an hour or so working on the rebate for all the new stuff.
Mid afternoon, Lisa and Patrick from SV Soulmate, a catamaran came over for games and laughs. By the time they arrived, the wind was significantly reduced. They left at about dusk. We ran the generator to heat the water for showers had dinner then read and bed.

This is the new chart plotter at the helm

This is the new chart plotter at the gangway

This is the new chart plotter at the nav sation

April 2 2024 Tuesday Playa Santispac

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6 and get our routine done, then I worked on the refrigeration again, Reneé went for a walk on the beach with Lisa from SV Solmate, and I remembered to charge the start battery, still don’t know why if did not charge before.
I spent a couple of hours on the help line with the refrigeration people, and ordered a spare compressor.
Then I got a call from Bob. He and his wife Sharlene were supposed to spend a week on our boat starting next Tuesday, but …. Things happen and they won’t be coming.

April 1. 2024 Monday Playa Santispac

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6 like normal and our daily routine. Brian and Ben did not come to the boat today, Ben is flying to Seattle today for another job. Brian is working on the wood and will be back on Wednesday. I worked on figuring out what is going on with the refrigerator, the help line is in Maryland, and they take that day off on Monday following Easter. So, not a lot of progress. All the stuff in the settee got put back, all the stuff in the aft head got put away. Etc. etc. The boat is mostly back together. YEAH!!

No pictures

March 31. 2024 EASTER SUNDAY Playa Santispac

(posted 04/06/24)
Up at 6 like normal. This was a work day for the guys working on the instruments, so they were here a bit after 8, and got right to work. The speakers in the salon got rewired. What a horrible job they were before. Cheap speaker wire that was spliced into better wire here and there, etc. the speakers on deck also had the same sort of poor job done before. All fixed now. At this point all the speakers have been rewired, all work except the port speaker on the arch. Nothing obvious, but it does not appear to be a fault of the wiring on either end, Which means I have a puzzle to work on.
At the end of the day, all of the electronics are working, and the new piece for the gangway has been test fit and drilled, just needs staining and varnish.
At some point I noticed that the engine start battery is not getting charged. So, I have another puzzle to work on there. We watched the sermon from Northcoast and then off to bed.