Sunrise
The day began at sunrise. I found that I’d manipulated my fridge’s temperature settings, so it had turned into a freezer. The water and milk had frozen solid! I’m letting the milk thaw now, and I drank my first coffee black. I still have my vacuum-sealed beans from Germany, and the coffee they produced was very smooth and tasty without milk. By the time I’d made my second cup of the day, the milk was somewhat thawed, and I used a spoon to scoop some of the slushy stuff into the coffee.
Morning
I got the dodger in place, but it wouldn’t quite fit. Now that I have it reinstalled correctly, it fits much better! But the side panels are stored on the forward cabin bed, underneath the contents of the forepeak cabin; they had to be removed to access the bow thruster assembly.
So, I’ve got to address getting the forward area cleaned up and restocked. Despite the size of the boat, it is still a bit of a challenge to shift and move pieces around. Some of those bits are quite heavy; the bowthruster motor unit has got to weigh 20 kg or more, and the top end of the generator engine isn’t much lighter.
Paul also delivered the horns that we use for the races, engineered and built by Neil Andrew. They are, unfortunately, currently inoperable, and my initial analysis is that one battery is pushing up the daisies and the other would have been read its last rites long ago had it been Roman Catholic. One charger just beeps with the message “Error, ERROR!” and the other gives a bit more time before showing a failure.
I think that if it can be coaxed to give it a bit of power and increase the resistance a bit, it might be allowed to regain and hold a charge.
Midday
The clouds are moving in again, and I went to Epicurean via dinghy between showers. I didn’t get much; nonetheless, the bill ended up being quite high. Oh well, at least there’s a bit of ballast mass in the fridge now! When the rains let up, I’ll dinghy to Mike’s boat and tow him and his dinghy back to save him a bit of rowing.
Even later at Midday
I motored out to Mike and, instead of towing him back and forth, I’ve loaned him my dinghy for the next couple of days since I’m not using it yet. I’m going to clean up forward for a bit and then join the others for happy hour.