It has been a long time since we posted anything. The good excuse is that we were visiting family in Georgia for two weeks. Sort of a vacation from our retirement. Now we are back and at work again since Soteria is on the hard from hurricane Earl.
We've replaced the 110 light fixtures, replaced the two sacrificial zincs on the prop shaft, a new compass has been purchased and is ready to be installed, the strut has been epoxied and will soon be finished, cleaned and waxed the hull and the portlights are finally finished. We also discovered an electrical problem with the 12v system. The batteries that were on the #2 switch were not holding a charge. We only used a .4 amp fan on the12v system and it was drained overnight and couldn't figure out what was going on. Found out that the #2 switch had the engine starting battery on it and not the 12v systems batteries. We were using the smaller battery and not the two larger ones that we were supposed to be using. So 24 hours later with a recharged starting battery and the right ones hooked up to the correct switch, we now have lights. (was not our fault, but the tech's).
I should have photos of the completed strut later this week. We also plan on putting a product called PropSpeed. It is a three part system to keep barnacles off the prop and shaft. It should be here Wednesday or Thursday so we can hopefully get back in the water and sail!
The weather has been great: sun, cool temps and mild breezes with no rain for days. A group from the marina are heading out tomorrow for Okracoke. They have been trying for several years and hopefully they will make it this time.
Til later with more from the coast.
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