ABISHAG Is Home . . .And Now Me, Too!!!!

SHIP'S LOG:

As of yesterday, June 18th, at approximately 2:30pm (14:30Hours) I am official and relatively completely, ensconced aboard my floating home. I have slowly taken a few days to transport "all" - perhaps "most" would be more accurate - of my worldly possessions from dry land aboard. Slowly but surely, items were moved to the places they resided last year and ABISHAG is feeling more like home.

Of course, everything has to work itself out again and I am sure it will take at least a few days to get back into the routine of living aboard. I have to get into the mindset of "not taking for granted" and always checking. Over the weekend, I left the power on and some breakers open and ran the house batteries down to about 75%. It would not have been of any real importance except for the fact that the Wind Generator isn't generating anymore. I am not sure why. Fred and I( which means Fred) tried to figure out what the problems was but there was no joy. All of the "parts" that are down at deck level are all as they should be which leaves those parts that are in the generator itself high up on the mizzen mast. If it can't be fixed from deck level it is going to have to remain "non-functioning." To get it working again, I would have to got to a boatyard where they would either take the mizzen mast down( $450 to drop and re-set the mast) to remove the generator (at $60-80/ hour) so that I could package it and send it to Arizona where the KISS Company resides.  What that would cost I have no idea. They would then determine whether or not it was possible or economically sound to
pair the unit and then send it back with a bill for services.I don't even want to think about that one! And the it would have to be re-installed ($450 plus the $60-80/hour) and checked out by the yard electrician ($60-80/hour) to make sure everything was doing what it should be doing. Since I haven't been contacted by the Prize Patrol from Publisher's Clearing House, I am going to have to simply manage the electricity better and charge it from the engine when needed. Of course, I just absolutely hate the fact that something is not working on the boat, especially because there is noting I can do to fix it. But since there is nothing I can do about it, I'll simply let it go. I can't control it and so I am not going to worry about it.