Saturday May 21, 2022 Port Dalhousie
Today Jeff finished a number of remarkable things on the boat while I did the parts shopping and did laundry. This was the first day we had both shore power and hot water for showers on the boat, which we did not have.
The Pi chart plotter is complete and it has 12 volt and 5 volt conversions. This powers the Pi computer, the USB hub which connects the GPS, AIS and an HDD which serves up movies and music. This works from Android phones, tablets, Apple products and who knows what else. It also is the base for charging the rechargeables like phones, tablets, batteries etc.
Quite a remarkable achievement by Jeff. By comparison, I shopped for wood glue.
We didn’t leave the dock today because of heavy thunderstorms but we can’t sail every day due to weather and working on the boat. The next weather window is Monday and Tuesday and I can’t wait to sail again.
I have to learn how to single hand this boat. It will be strenuous but in principle it is mechanically the same as the Shark I’ve sailed for 30 years. Main, Genoa, etc. The reefing lines will take me a bit of time to work with. The Shark didn’t have them. I’ve still got a lot to learn on a lot of blue water cruising topics. Actually I have tons to learn and I’m looking forward to it.
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