Still Waiting! ! ! ! ! ! !

SHIP'S LOG:

I headed on down to Branford today to see ABISHAG and to do a few minor tasks. All the fiberglass work is done and the bottom awaits only painting. I ran into John the Yard Boss. He says that he has been unable to find a fixed two-blade prop that would fit the shaft. He has expanded his search to include three-bladed fix props and has still come up empty. O well, I am sure that something will turn up . . .hopefully soon.

The weather was wonderful down along the coast, warm, almost hot, and humid. It was something like summer and it was a real tease. Working inside the boat was a steamy event and I had to open a couple of ports to get a breeze going. Unfortunately, on the way home I realized that I left the ports open. Hope it don't rain!

One project was to extend the cables for the GPS/Chartplotter so that I can set-up the GPS/Chartplotter to work at the helm. Such units usually come with a large amount of excess cable so that the units can be placed anywhere. I had plenty of cable to work with, except for the power cable. I had to wire an extention into the power cable and the ground wire. Not a daunting task and it was easily done. It was the setting it up and finishing it off that took the time. It got done and now the GPS/CHARTPLOTTER can be used at the helm as well as inside at the Nav station. The GPS/Chartplotter provides an image of a map of the area you are sailing in and indicates where on the map the boat is located. I shan't be "missing New Haven again" anytime soon.

I re-rigged the anchor that failed me in New Haven, replacing the danforth anchor with a plow. So now there are two plow anchors, one with an all chain rode and one with the a rode with 6 feet of chain and 200feet of 5/8" line.

I have also discovered that oranges don't last as long as one might want. The ones hanging in the netting from the overhead in the salon were all moldy and got trashed. the fruit flies that were feasting on them however remain. Hopefully the lack of a food source will cause them to try their luck elsewhere.

I'll be going down again tomorrow and take care of a few more projects. I am sure that the prop will be in soon and I want to be able to "hit the road" as soon as they put on the new "wheel."

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

It is a drag waiting. There really is nothing I can do to hurry the process along and I just have to go with the flow.