Fast and Easy

Since we went to bed at 8pm we were up pretty early this morning. And we are finally starting to jones for good coffee again. This Maxwell House ‘Bogaty Smack’ stuff (we at least have fun saying Bogaty Smack!) just isn’t cutting it anymore. We have even made a switch to tea but will see how long that lasts.
Mike spent the morning trying to figure out how to wire the solar panels and wind generator from the roll bar to the main cabin. The first idea was to wire it down through the lazerette, through the aft cabin and to the batteries. But after taking down some head liners in the aft cabin, he realized that he would have to drill a dozen holes through centimeter thick steel in awkward positions in hard to get to places. So instead…we decided to just run the wiring on the outside of the boat. Not ideal but ‘fast and easy’ is our motto these days! And the work on the sails and rigging continues. The other day when Mike hoisted the mizzen he found out that it is in need of some repair and also discovered that our brand new main sail has two of the reefing blocks placed on the wrong side. Finally this morning, the sail guys came by to take them to the shop and hopefully they will be repaired shortly. After those chores were done, we both headed into town where we stopped for some lunch and then went our separate ways. My mission of the day was buying a shower curtain, a trash can, and sheets and blankets for our guests. Mike went to the ‘Sanai’ and had some old stainless steel piping from our pulpit welded into a meter and a half rod to support our wind generator. He also bought a shit ton of new line for our rigging! After hauling all of our goods back home, we cooled off with a swim. And I am happy to say that the stress seems to have lifted. The atmosphere feels lighter and we seem to be enjoying ourselves… and each other again.