Took apart two more winches today. Only one to go. Bad thing is I dropped a really small set of bearing while cleaning one and of course it found the one and only way to go overboard--down the stairs and fell apart when it landed. We found most of it but not all. I picked up the phone and called Lewmar and got the part number and ordered a new one. Not a big deal, just not what I wanted to have happen.
The electrician just keeps shaking his head. Finally looked under the cushions by the dining settee. Started tracing more wires and can't find a reason for them. I've been advised to try and track them this weekend and rip them out if I can't find a viable use for the wires. I remember Bill saying that he had had another set of two batteries elsewhere but had removed them. I figure these wires originally lead to that bank. We'll see tomorrow as there is rain in the forecast. We had fog and mist this morning with cool winds this aftern
oon. A bit chilly without a jacket.
We got confirmation on the new transmission. It should be here in about 10-14 days. They plan on ripping out the old one next Monday. They want to check it to see if anything is salvageable and what condition the rest of the unit is in. Not sure what makes up a transmission but I'm sure it has lots of parts. With out it , I'm going to need a really BIG paddle to get out of here.
They ripped out the thru hulls--the correct ones-today. I had gone to our "yard rep" this morning to explain that a wrong one had been removed. He said he would straighten it out and get it fixed. Thirty minutes later he was back with the gentleman that had made the mistake. The paper work was correct, he had just tried the thru hulls he could get to and since this one was hard to open, he had decided to cut it out. He showed it to me with the explanation I have above. Sorry, it may have been hard to open, but it never leaked. They have ordered another and will have to fix the area they cut open so it is water tight. It's going to take some work. The existing bottom paint has to be stripped. The fiberglass repaired and gel coated. Then the new one installed then the area repainted with new bottom paint. You can bet I will be checking the bill to make sure I'm not paying for it.
Tracy worked on "charting" a cross stitch chart on the computer. It's another of her creations. She's been stitching it for several weeks. After stitching her piece, she has to use a program to map out what she stitched so others can do it. She's been doing it for years. Mainly for "camp" for the shop.
Other than having lunch of barbeque at a restaurant called "Dos Okies"(really great hot sausage and pulled pork sandwich) today, it was another day of getting small projects done. Each with its own importance but all working up to us setting out on our journey. We just take it one day at a time. If we don't, we will get overwhelmed and that's not a good place to be.
Any one have any idea what this tree is? We saw it yesterday during our outing to Sequim. Looks like one big pine cone tree.
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Its called a Monkey Tree.
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