Kaimusailing

In the photo is a nice motor yacht tied up to the dock and outboard of that is a pilothouse sailboat, very traditional looking, and next to that is Traveller, a Marples 40 trimaran, skippered by Jay, an elderly yachtsman who is nearly deaf. He is also forgetful and has introduced himself to me about 3 times this week. I had met him last fall when he was in the yard.
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I found 9v battery adapter with coaxial DC connector on eBay from Duluth, GA, right up near Atlanta, qty 2 for less than 5 dollars, free shipping. I notified Radio Bill that the adapters were on the way and he could have one to power his little 30 dollar oscilloscope. I plan to use the scope I purchased to see what is actually coming out of the battery charger/desulfator. The 4 group 27 agm batteries in the starboard hull are now up to 9 volts resting charge. They were down to 3.8 volts when I arrived in the boatyard Election Day.
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The Ole Mole Pork and Bean Soup came out very good. In the future I will halve the recipe. It made about 2 gallons of soup. Too Much.
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Clemson and their great quarterback, Trevor Lawrence, were on TV and I was interested because my NY Jets, the loosingest team in the NFL will probably have the #1 draft pick and Lawrence is projected to go #1 in the 2021 draft. I wanted to see him play. By the time I got the game on it was 38-3, the game must be nearly over, but no, it was only in the middle of the second quarter. 5 touchdown passes and the first half isn’t over.
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It is now the day after our post Thanksgiving feast. I felt uncomfortable after the group of feasters began growing larger and more closely packed. I think it is advisable to social distance, but people generally tend to get closer together when talking, especially some of us older and hard of hearing. I retreated to Kaimu several times but had to come back to put away things and scrub dishes. I still had a lot of soup left over and others had the same problem with ham and turkey, there was a lot of food.
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A cold front was forecast and indeed it came through in the morning with copious rain and a gale warning, of course. The wind was howling and the wind chill temperatures were forecast to drop below freezing overnight, but the actual temperatures were forecast to be in the high 30’s. The wind turbine was spinning at an incredible rate so I put the meter on it to see what it was generating. 0. Nada. When the wind calms down I will have to take it down and see what’s wrong. I wasn’t using it to charge anything anyway.
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The engine start battery was down to 12.2 volts, so I put a smart charger on it. The starboard house batteries that had been totally flat were now up to 10 volts using the 7 stage charger/desulfator. A few more days and I will put the house bank back on the solar charge controller. The real test will be using the inverter which draws a lot of current and see if the batteries have any capacity.
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The NY Jets faced their arch rivals, Miami Dolphins, and lost 20-3. They have lost every game this year and now no Jet fan wants to see them win even one game, they are on track to win the #1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Of all the criticism of the coach, ownership, and quarterback, perhaps they are working to get that draft pick and are doing a good job of losing every week. Other teams have tried this tactic over the past few years and have succeeded in getting a franchise quarterback or other dominant player at the top of the draft.