We've got power!
20 July 2016 | Secret Harbour Marina, Grenada
Bill/Sunny with rain coming
Well, Tuesday has come and gone and we've finally got electricity to Zephyr!! The day started out nice and sunny with Tracy taking one of the vans into town to hit a hardware store as well as one of the larger grocery stores(IGA) here in Grenada. I stayed behind since the electrician was coming and I had other jobs that needed attention. One of the ignitors on the stove has stopped clicking a spark so I took the electronic sparker unit apart and fixed it. All it takes is to ever so slightly bend a pair of metal prongs so when the handle is pushed, they come in contact with the wires running through the box and it makes a spark igniting the gas. I then started cleaning up inside and outside the boat, putting away things that were just dumped into buckets and boxes before we left Trinidad. Lots got put away before Tracy came back. She did well getting lots of things we needed. Now we always thought Trinidad was strange that they had no pretzels or Johnsonville Brat Original variety. Here they do but they don't carry Cheetos(only Jalapenos style) or Pepsi in large two liter bottles(just cans). We've jumped from one place to another, each with it's benefits and shortcomings. With luck and time, we might just find what we are missing but I sure enjoyed the pretzels as a snack tonight. I had them along with Pepsi I brought in from Trinidad. The best of both islands.
I spoke to "Sparky" or Dexter the electrician in mid morning and he explained that he was hung up on an emergency call but would be by later in the afternoon. And about 1500, he showed up. When I saw him earlier, he was cutting some huge wires for the electrical room and was having a friend bring in some other parts that he needed for the job. He seemed to know what the heck he was doing. By 1530, he as all ready to go and when we hit the switches on Zephyr, this time the lights stayed lit and the AC power came on line and we started charging the batteries. It was great to finally get power back on board. Now we no longer have to worry about the charging the batteries or they running flat should we forget to charge them. PLUS, we can now run our air conditioner!!! Oh, it's a happy boat tonight!!!
Mount Hartman Bay was apparently named Mosquito Bay some time ago or so I'm told and I can see why. It's a bug fest in this place. If you value your skin and don't want to continually itch, you spray with bug spray when ever you go out. I, personally, hate the stuff and have resisted using it for years but even I have given in and am now covered in "OFF". I can see hundreds of the little varmints buzzing all around me and if I've missed a spot, I spray again.
Tomorrow, it's on to other jobs that still need attention and make arrangements for getting a cab to take me to the airport on Saturday.