Day 249 Sunshine!

Friday was absolutely bizarre.  We had SUNSHINE all day!!  From the time the Sun came up to it going down, it was sunny.  You folks in Colorado have no idea how good you have it.  A full day of sunshine here is a gift from the Gods.  We stayed outside as much as possible.  Running errands, taking walks, working outside or just sitting in the cockpit.  We just baked it in.  All that wonderful vitamin D.  Just about all work inside was suspended.  It was strange as it was overcast and snowing/raining in Seattle yet beautiful here.  What a day!!

We did get a chance to see a Catalina sailboat playing "bumper boats"in the marina.  For some reason, he decided to sail out of the marina.  He started out from one of the slips and just kept going back and forth under just his head sail.  Hit one boat, turn around, hit another boat, turn around.  Back and forth.  Either a boat or a piling, he slowly made is way out of the marina.  People just stood there and watched him smack his way out.  Either his engine didn't work, or he did it on a dare, it was a stupid thing to do especially since the wind was coming straight into the marina entrance.  No one said all boaters are smart.

Yesterday, it was back to normal.  15 to 20 knot winds again straight into the marina with clouds and intermittent sunshine--or at least a bit of blue sky.  I finally installed the 12 volt outlet in the stern stateroom.  Of course the first length of 12 gauge wire I bought for the installation was to short.  Back to West Marine again.  Boy they love me there.  I found an empty circuit breaker and threaded the wire behind the bulkheads--in and out, up and down.  Each turn fastened to either another wire with a zip tie or screwed down.  The fittings at the ends were crimped and sealed with shrink tube to keep out moisture--lots of that on boats--so that corrosion doesn't cause the connection to fail.  It's the way I was taught by the now famous "Jack the electrician".  Before then, I would simply crimp the connection with connectors from the local hardware store instead of proper marine fastener.  I used it last night and it worked just fine.  Another project down.

Went through lots more magazines after the installation.  Still more to clean out.  Once we are done with them, they go up to the laundry room for anyone else to take as they see fit.  It beats just throwing them away.

 

Today, off to Sequim for a Costco/Home Depot run.  We need some more supplies and some tools that just aren't available here in Port Townsend.  We have been having a problem with the faucet in the galley.  It only puts out hot water no matter where the handle is.  I took some of it apart yesterday and called the manufacturer(Moen) about it.  Apparently, there is a cartridge inside it that will need to be replace to make it work properly.  No hardware stores locally carry them.  So it's road trip time.  Snow and rain are scheduled for later today so we will be off later this morning.  Hi ho, it's off to Sequim we go.