Got an early start and had a coffee and omelette in me before the Wharf's Office had opened. The priority was to replace the electrical plug that had suffered an amperage overload from an electrical heater the night before last.
Almost at the strike of 9:00 before getting started at my electrical task there was a knock at the entranceway. It was the lad from the office. He asked if we could move Makina further along the dock to accommodate a 40 footer that was expected along shortly.
We moved Makina to a front row seat and then moved my neighbour behind me as well.
We then went up to the office to square up my tab for the rest of the weekend. He said he would take off the electrical surcharge as a thanks for helping him move the boats around. Not sure how much that amounted to, yet it seemed very thoughtful on his part.
Once back on Makina it was time to put on my electrician's hat. First step was to get the old blown plug removed...
And then the new one installed...
Bringing the power back up the microwave was now operational as well as the plugs down circuit from it. Mission success!
By about 14:00 all that electrical work had me a little tired so retired to the forward V Berth for some nappies.
Awoke around 16:00.
For a day claiming highs of 23C it sure did not feel it. There was a cold wind coming from the west which was turning it into sweater weather. Cranked up the diesel heater to put some cozy into the cabin and headed up to Foodland for some supplies.
Upon my return Makina had comfortably warmed up. Spent the rest of the afternoon playing Ashes of Creation. My new character is coming along nicely. Looking forward to a party session with my Daughter and Son-In-Common-Law which we talked about yesterday.
A nice mix of work and play today. My feeling is that this evening will be more on the playing end of the spectrum. ☺️
A listing of my sailing posts:
https://hive.blog/blog/@novacadian/categories-of-novacadian-s-sailing-seasons
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Electricity & salt water is always a great, fun combination! 😁
I used to have a couple of gensets at the back of that big boat, with an open deck that was around 3x4 meters I just ran them there, stored them in the engine bay right underneath.
When we transported it at the end of the summer the first year the vipers were not working, so I just ran it back there & hooked up a charger to them, we made it through a day of maybe 8 m/s wind and some chop hehe...
Later the impeller blew, but I think I had a gasoline driven water pump even before that? Anyway, I kept that old Detroit running for a few hours using that for cooling. It was totally impressive how much abuse that engine could take...
I need to get out there again, but I'll have to time that with the collapse of Europe haha!
Maybe next spring?
Getting internal visuals of Humphrey on the African Queen. :)
Always looking for good crew. 🏴☠️
Hehe, cool... Gimme a hint if you ever leave Canadian waters! 🙂⛵
Saw this one recently, sooo much to relate to there: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081470/reviews/
Most definitely!
Thinking of the Inland Waterway down the east coast of the USA for this autumn, but time will tell.
I bet weather has a say too, at least when it comes to timing hehe...
Most of my sailing has been along very rocky shores, except for a short solo crossing where I had at least an hour or two with nothing but me, the boat & the sea :-)
My longest passage was from Gaspe, PQ to Summerside, PEI last summer. Thirty-six hours, most of it pretty open water. Also sailing under a nasty wind advisory from Environment Canada, that was issued once Makina was out in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Most of my sailing was up to gale force, but the Vega that I had for around a decade could easily handle anything.
I once experienced what could not have been less than a storm, as there were rolling, detached edges on the waves. This was in the middle of a fiord where this never really happens, it was as if something up there just opened up, dumping enormous masses of air downwards, then across it.
It was the only time I actually had to focus a bit turning it around, this was on motor only. The guys I shared the Vega with had done what I told them to never do, take the storm jib out........
So that was my only chance to actually use it, that would have been such a great experience haha!
Most of the time I had that wind maybe 70 degrees in from starboard, even with no sails the tilt was approaching 40 degrees, with this deep, loud howl from the mast...
Nah, I'll keep to coastal sailing I think! 😁
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I love the thought of you sailing the world and then stopping to play video games with your daughter!!
When my son first left for Colombia, we kept in touch through a video game.
Makes me smile!
Thank You!
Hi Snook!
Say what one will about Elon, but his StarLink service is da bomb! :)
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