TAKE THREE AND HIT TO RIGHT

SHIP'S LOG:

There is Good News and there is Bad News and there is Strange News. The Good News is that it wasn't a hose that split. It turns out that it was a small plastic fixture that crack and allowed the pressurized coolant/antifreeze to get blown out of the cooling system. The Bad News is that the little fixture is going to be hard to find if it can be found! The fall-back approach is to epoxy the old fixture to hold the pressure and re-install it and we are good to go . . . hopefully.

The Strange News is the electrical system. For some reason it is having what might be considered a small nervous breakdown. It showed up during the tow back to Mystic when the depth sounder in the cockpit started to give some "rather unreliable" readings. It was jumping all over the place 100' . . . .. 30' . . .. . . 55' . . . . . 75' . . . . as quickly as the numbers could flash. Not the best thing to have happen and it begs the question, WHY? The battery Monitor System, LINK 2000, was saying things that didn't make any sense and why it was doing so I haven't a clue. Looking up the Error Message in the manual give a vague explanation but no way to trouble shoot it. I was going to call the manufacture but then discovered that I had forgotten to bring my cell phone. Not having a dependable electrical system is not a good thing but such is the case, I guess, for as Tim Porter, the Yard Manager noted, "Your boat has issues." O well, such things keep life interesting. Spicy!

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

ABISHAG will be moved again as the owner of the slip. It is a little frustrating that I haven't been able to get out sailing, or even over to TYC yet. I am sure that it is coming but it is tedious, heavy, draining that it hasn't happened yet. When it finally happens, all will be well, but it is the time between then and now that is a drag, though just lounging on the boat yesterday was wonderful even if I wasn't moving. It can only get better.