It's really hot here today. With only one small fan for the boat, the kids are not a happy bunch. Snowshoe is really suffering. He keeps changing floor boards to lie on. As one gets hot, he moves to another. I'm off to get more fans tomorrow since it is supposed to get even hotter.
Nobody showed up today to work on the boat. Not sure why. Jack, the electrician was all set up to install the alternators but we never saw him. We had Zephyr all set so he could get right to work. Maybe tomorrow.
I spent some of this morning ordering more parts--more zincs for the propeller. These protect the propeller from literally eaten by the ocean. There is stray electrical current flowing thru the seas and it attacks metal on boats, eating it. If I don't have zincs installed on Zephyr, it could eat a great deal of the metal that is exposed under the boat. I also ordered the roller bearing for the winch that I dropped a few days ago. It has to go in on a stock order so it might not arrive for up to six weeks. I think I'll try another company tomorrow.
I washed out the old battery boxes that got switched out yesterday. We will be using them to keep thing dry in the "garage". It gets quite a bit of water in rough seas.
I finally tackled the last winch this afternoon. All done. No problems. Now they are all done and I can concentrate on polishing Zephyrs hull. The blue needs a bit of polishing to bring it back to it's glory. After seeing the stern, Wow, what a difference some rubbing compound makes.
Tracy did the laundry today. Lots of loads. Now we're set up with nice clean clothes. For all these years, all we had to do was walk downstairs and boom, they were done. We've always had a washer/dryer in the house. Now, we search them out to see who is cheapest and closest.
Brion--the rigger came by this afternoon to invite us over to see how our new shrouds(the wires that hold the mast vertical) were going to be made. He uses a company named Hayn. He really likes their fittings. I have to admit, they looked like jewels. A simple fitting really, twist the stainless wires apart, put in a cone that holds them apart. Then tighten the fitting that has the fitting on it that holds it onto the boat. he also put in some 3M goo that acts as a thread locker so they won't come undone. No machine that compresses the fitting. Those fittings could break if there is too much pressure applied to them. I've got some pictures, but the host website won't allow me to upload them. Maybe tomorrow.
We brought all the line back on Zephyr after getting them all washed out. They had been soaked in saltwater on the trip up. Now they are nice and dry and ready to go back into storage for another day.
Tomorrow, I'll be taking some of the hardware off the deck that Brion is planning on replacing. No reason to pay him for something I can do. We can't wait to get back in the water and have some fun!
Sure hope it cools down tonight.
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