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| The dreaded macerator pump |
The pump arrived on time (thanks Tin Can Bay Chandlery!) and we had it fitted without incident within about an hour.
We probably could have left at lunchtime, but Sea-Dog suggested that we have a beer in the cockpit, and it was very pleasant sitting in the sun in the shelter of the marina.
We did have a discussion about it, but it didn't take too long before we decided that we would wait until tomorrow before we left. The weather will be better, the tides will be more favorable, perhaps the planets will be better aligned etc etc. You get the idea....
Tin Can Bay is a very comfortable place to stay.
We spent the afternoon doing a bit of hardware shopping, then went back to Endless Summer to run the main engines. Why are we doing that? It would appear that the main battery charger has a serious fault. This device is supposed to charge the vessel batteries when we are running on the generator on shore power.
Anyway, it seems to have died, and the main batteries were down to 10% of capacity now that we have been here for 4 days. We will have to address this problem in more detail at a later stage. In the mean time, running one of the main engines for about half an hour is keeping the batteries at a satisfactory level of charge.
After topping up the batteries we headed back to Captain Bligh and Pacifica's house to prepare for dinner. Captain Bligh impressed us yet again with his rope splicing skills.
On the menu for dinner this evening we had BBQ'd crumbed reef fish, with a fresh tossed salad, and chips. It was as delicious as only freshly caught fish can be, and there was not a skerrick left over.
Following this we had a celebration of Sea-Dog's birthday. Pacifica baked a stunning chocolate cake and there was much merriment as we all celebrated the birthday and enjoyed the cake.
All too soon it was much too late, and tonight's post will be close to midnight, but it has been another wonderful day.
Somebody asked a question about the fishing.....Well, the reality is that we have only fished once, and we didn't catch anything, so in cricketing terms that is a score of 1 for none (I think).
Perhaps tomorrow will be better for fishing... If not, then it doesn't really matter. Being stuck in paradise is a pretty nice place to be.
Goodnight all,
Navman
We probably could have left at lunchtime, but Sea-Dog suggested that we have a beer in the cockpit, and it was very pleasant sitting in the sun in the shelter of the marina.
We did have a discussion about it, but it didn't take too long before we decided that we would wait until tomorrow before we left. The weather will be better, the tides will be more favorable, perhaps the planets will be better aligned etc etc. You get the idea....
Tin Can Bay is a very comfortable place to stay.
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| New mooring lines for Endless Summer - Splicing by Captain Bligh |
Anyway, it seems to have died, and the main batteries were down to 10% of capacity now that we have been here for 4 days. We will have to address this problem in more detail at a later stage. In the mean time, running one of the main engines for about half an hour is keeping the batteries at a satisfactory level of charge.
After topping up the batteries we headed back to Captain Bligh and Pacifica's house to prepare for dinner. Captain Bligh impressed us yet again with his rope splicing skills.
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| Happy Birthday Sea-Dog! |
Following this we had a celebration of Sea-Dog's birthday. Pacifica baked a stunning chocolate cake and there was much merriment as we all celebrated the birthday and enjoyed the cake.
All too soon it was much too late, and tonight's post will be close to midnight, but it has been another wonderful day.Somebody asked a question about the fishing.....Well, the reality is that we have only fished once, and we didn't catch anything, so in cricketing terms that is a score of 1 for none (I think).
Perhaps tomorrow will be better for fishing... If not, then it doesn't really matter. Being stuck in paradise is a pretty nice place to be.
Goodnight all,
Navman
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