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02 July 2017 | Simpson Bay Marina, Cole Bay, Sint Maarten
01 July 2017 | Simpson Bay Marina, Cole Bay, Sint Maarten
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Year 10 Day 125 Following A Wire

02 June 2017 | Simpson Bay Marina, Cole Bay, Sint Maarten
Dave/Overcast

One of the least pleasurable things to do on a boat is to track down a loose connection in wiring. There are numerous wire runs on a boat and many of them take you through close, narrow passages. Today, I decided to track down a speaker wire to a speaker that, at times, cuts out. It is the starboard side speaker in our forward cockpit. I enjoy listening to music while lying in the hammock in the front of the boat. This one speaker decided to stop working, which it does from time to time.

With not much pressing for my attention, I decided it was finally time to open up the forward lazarette, hop in and then crawl into its deep, dark and narrow recesses to follow the wiring back to the stereo receiver.

This lazarette is part of the forward cockpit and it houses, among a few things, the three 80 gallon water tanks for our boat. Getting in is no big deal but then one has to lay down and scrunch one’s way toward to starboard side of the boat in a very enclosed space.

Being a big guy, enclosed spaces and I do not do very well. Not only is there little room to move in but it is filled with sharp, protruding screws and other nasty things that can poke and puncture.

After four hours of getting in and out of this hell hole while I first traced the wiring and then replaced some leads and finally reset the speaker, I was done. Yea! The speaker now is working and I hope it works for a long time coming as I really do not relish returning to the deep, dark and now bloody recesses of this lazarette.
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Vessel Name: Leu Cat
Vessel Make/Model: Lagoon 440
Hailing Port: Dana Point, CA
Crew: Mary Margaret and Dave Leu
About: Our goals are to spend the next 10 to 15 years cruising around the world and sharing this adventure with family and friends.
Extra: S/V Leu Cat is Lagoon 440 rigged for blue water sailing. It is 44 feet long with a 25 foot beam
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Wedding and Reception photos April 18, 2015, Yosemite, CA
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Created 29 March 2010
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Here are a number of pictures of St. Maarten and the places we visited
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Created 21 January 2008
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Created 11 January 2008
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To help get you ready to go sailing with us, we wish to introduce you to Leu Cat so you will know what to expect when you get here! Just click on the first photo and then use the "next" button to advance through this slide show.
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Created 19 October 2007
This is a collection of photos documenting our sail through the Windward Islands during May/June 2006 with our son, David Paul.
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Created 14 October 2007

Who: Mary Margaret and Dave Leu
Port: Dana Point, CA