Today I tackled the roller furler. There was the usual 10-15 kt trade wind so it promised to be interesting. We unfurled it, fighting the halyard wrap all the way. As Deb held the sheets so it wasn't flapping too bad, I loosed the halyard and pulled the sail down and out of the groove in the furler, piling it on the tramp. It actually went easier than I had imagined. Once the sail was down and the halyard bearing was at eye level, I looked it over carefully. The good news is that there were no obvious serious defects. The bad news is that there was no obvious cause for our problems. Pushing ans pulling while rotating, I could not create and catch or binding. I removed the halyard shackle and the cover of the unit. All the bearings seemed OK. I sprayed the heck out of everything with silicone spray and put it back together. Raising the sail was a bit tougher, but with Deb feeding it in, I hauled on the halyard and then used the winch to raise it all the way while only getting mildly whipped by the flogging sail. When we got it secured, I furled it smooth as can be. We'll see, but maybe all it needed was a little lubrication?! With time to think about it, I decided to take another look at the freezer compressor. I removed the fancy Temp Tech controller and hitched it up factory. Shorting out the thermostat, I was very pleased to hear it come to life! I had hooked up my gauges ahead of time and it pulled the pressure down just on schedule. OK, step one. I cleaned the Temp Tech controller and reinstalled it; still no go. Back to the basic set up. Now what to do about a thermostat? The original was rusted frozen so that now adjustment was possible, but maybe it will work. I tested the leads, no continuity. Then I pulled the unit out of the freezer so that I could work on it without losing cold. With the probe exposed to warm air, the contacts closed. It works! Clean it up a bit and reinstall it. But now how can I monitor the temp to be sure it is really freezing? Well, I took the temp sensor from the Temp Tech and plugged it in to the refrigerator module. The thermostat only controls the display so it should not affect the operation of the refrigerator. Sure enough it showed a temp of 28* and falling. The compressor cycles off and on like it should and the temp is now down to 24*. I'll see what it is by morning and I can adjust it by changing the amount of the sensor tube from the thermostat that is in contact with the cooling coil. I think we have a solution! Two for two on boat problems. Now if only I could have some effect on the watermaker! No luck. I called Thoimas @ Yacht Services and they have basically done NOTHING! I ranted for a while and finally got him to promise that as of Monday they would do a total rebuild and be ready to ship it to me by next Saturday when Dave & Lisa fly back to NH. Hopefully we can fill our tanks in Nargana. Reportedly Frederico will bring water to your boat in many 5 gallon jugs. Slow process, but it it works..... We finally left our idyllic little anchorage by 3:30 and sailed slowly at first then more rapidly to Corizon de Jesus. We ran down wind with just gennie. Started @ 2.3 kts. then climbed to 5.0 as a black rain cloud threatened. We never got wet, but there was a great rainbow over the airstrip. As we were looking for a spot to anchor, we spotted our friends from Bocas, France and Bernard. They were here to pick up a charter tomorrow AM. We anchored next to them. Took two tries to get a good set, but we are comfortably close and comfortably far as we sit. Dave & Lisa arrive @ 6:45 AM tomorrow. Looking forward to a great time.