Ever since we bough a new motor in St Marteen I have been trying to get rid of the old 4 stroke 6hp merc i got with palapa back in 2006. aimee had put some flyers up a couple of weeks ago and we finally got a call from someone interested enough in actually coming over to see the motor. they even brought an extra dingy up the mile trip in anticipation. of course the motor had not been run in...
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today after i got don to help out slicing my new snubber line onto my hook i decided to do the zinc change. its pretty easy with the hooka and the water was perfect. aimee took a photo of the zincs and the bottom and its amazing how much “fuzz” we have on the bottom after 2 weeks? i cant help but wonder if this is normal or if our paint is some how no longer doing its thing. i...
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Today I headed over to don’s boat this am to see if we could get his autopilot to work. We had “fixed” it back in viequas by adding heavier gage wire to prevent it from dropping out every time the bat voltage got below 12 volts. this worked but the new problem was it would not hold course. some how in the process of rewiring it we reset the stored parameters. with a little...
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today i decided to take a look at the AIS which had filled with water due to a leak in the port window and a suboptimal waterproofing design. i had “fixed” the window back in las palmas but alas it did not last. but this is another story. the ais is “water proof” except for a hole under the membrane key board where the ribbon cable goes in. water can seep under the...
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I wrote a great entry about don and coconuts but alas it was deleted by mac mail cheers, roger
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In spite of our long bochi day we where up bright and early this am and decided to get out of dodge and head north back to culebra. We wanted a little chill time and we dont seem to be able to to stay in one place more than a week. it will be interesting to see if this ever changes. we left town before anyone was up and after about 2.5 hours motoring to weather had a great sail up to our...
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