Day 198 Doing better.

We're both doing better.   Moving around easier.  I stopped taking my drugs and just tried to stretch and relax the muscles.

We started installing the DuoGen again.  We'd stopped since early this Summer since we didn't have the correct pole for the wind vane.  Now that we have that we have continued the installation.  We installed the pole yesterday and will be working on stringing the wires in the bilges over the next day or so.  I will be consulting with Jack, the electrician to get his advice on the final hookups.  We want to make sure that it will charge both of the house battery banks.  One runs the refrigerator and the other runs everything else.  Both need to be charged regularly.  I just need to find out how to wire it so it will.  The blades don't get installed until all the electrical wires are installed to the batteries.  I don't want to get shocked while getting it installed. 

One thing they forget to tell you about small town living is the lack of some things.  The installation manual called for a 5 millimeter drill bit to install a rivet in a hole in the pole.  No one in this town carries metric drill bits!!  The only hardware store in town doesn't, nor NAPA, not West Marine.  Not even the boatyard where we are berthed has them.  I had to use a "standard" bit and work it in and out until the rivet would fit.   Once it fit, I used the rivet gun to install it.  Unlike most "pop" rivets, this one refused to "pop".  Pop rivets go in a hole and then what looks like a nail that comes out of the end of the rivet is put in a "gun" that pulls the nail out until it break or "pops" off.  This one refused to "pop".  I finally took a hack saw to it to get it to come off.  Looks fine now.

We sorted through more papers in Zephyr and now need to find a shredder to get rid of them.  The pile keeps getting bigger.

West Marine is having a big sale tomorrow.  They are even having a steak dinner to go along with it.  I've been making a list and will be reviewing it to make sure I have all that we need on it.  At 20% off, that can add up.

Well, it's back to work.