* We are never getting out of here: 5 days with emails, phone calls and work on the in-mast furling gear that works but has a significant pin out of place. Serious preventive maintenance on the main sail. Drew drilled a hole in the mast and tried hammering the pin back in - got it 2/3 of the way. So it goes.
Drew at helm diving into the Nav station with a heat gun. Notice all the seats full of stuff.
* The electrical lines at the Nav station at the helm have corroded and caused intermittent connections giving us intermittent readings while sailing. Drew opens these places full of wires and spends hours.
closed instruments
* Jack line (see boat vocab) was being soaked in a bucket to rinse out the salt. When I pulled the hose up to the bow the bucket flipped over, and we lost the Jack line in the river. To try and retrieve the line I dragged the river bottom, 11' deep. I dragged the bottom with the dinghy anchor to try and retrieve the line. After umpteen tries we did not get it. : ( (We are left with one Jack line to use during the trip back to New England; if we go.)
* Using the hose to rinse the furling gear on the jib and stay sail on the bow to get rid of all the salt...even after all the rain storms.
* Upsidedown in the port salon lockers to bail out water caused by a constant slow leak (years old) from the electrical water pump. Tried to fix but it continues to leak. Have to open the locker that requires removing all cushions, putting up the table, opening the locker, removing all items from the lockers and putting them all over the salon covering every surface. Mazu moves from one place to another trying to stay out of our way as we use up all the space with objects. Bailed, cleaned, and replaced all items in the wet bins.
It's now 6:30 pm and 63 degrees. Ready to stop and have a drink/dinner on a Saturday night with a block party a block away the night before Mothers' Day.
Listening to "Isn't She Lovely" and "Dancing in the Streets." Occasionally dancing with Mazu.
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