09/13/2009, Isthmus Catalina Island
It has been blowing 15-30 knots day and night since we arrived on Thurday. We drug anchor on Friday night and had to reset for the first time ever. The good news is that the Lighthouse 1501 windlass works like a champion...it is such a comfort knowing that we have a strong and reliable windlass now.
On Friday we also got hit by a Catalina 36 who drifted down on our bowsprit. The Catalina suffered all the damage. My gennaker padeye punched through their hull and bent a stantion in half. We were sound asleep when it happened and the entire boat rumbled when they hit us.
We also had a small glitch with the genset AC. A loose connection on the power bus took an hour to trouble shoot...but is fixed now. The freezer is sustaining -14F and fridge 35F. Batteries remain full since wind generator is pumping 24 hours a day.
We are now taking the opportunity to decompress...feels good.
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We hope customs knows what vacuum packed flour looks like...
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We are behind schedule by a few days. We failed to consider just how long it would take to stow nearly a boat unit worth of food and alcohol. As you can see here, Lori is busy vacuum packing flour, beans, crackers and whatever else she can get her hands on.
We depart tomorrow morning...really I promise.
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One final addition to the boat before we depart. After numerous headaches resulting from our old windlass, we finally decided to bite the bullet and install a Lighthouse Windlass.
She's a pretty piece of hardware and fits nicely with all stainless deck hardware.
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This just sowed-up in my email this morning....very timely for my new boat cards.
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Bill, ham radio K6CU
My call is KI6HAO...would really like the chance to contact someone over a distance using my rig before we head out.
Contact me via email at newell_ken@hotmail.com
