Odd jobs as we wait.
09 December 2017 | 09 44.542N::-084 59.35W
Bill
As we sit along the Costa Rica coast waiting for the Papagayos to lessen, we're doing a few off jobs. Tracy's been polishing the stainless steel on deck along with other jobs(getting me up and down the mast) and I've been up and down the mast twice. Both times were to fix the anchor light on the top. It's worked for quite some time but suddenly stopped. The last time it did this(US Virgin Islands), it was a loose connection in the wires and a simple zip tie fixed it as it took the downward pressure off the connection. I took a few more ties with me and went up on Sunday and fixed it. At least it was working when I left. Sunday night, it didn't light again so I went up again yesterday and moved some of the wires around and added a couple more zip ties and last night it was just fine. Glowed nicely up there. We have nets attached to our lifelines to keep the kids and myself on board. Zephyr came with them but over the years they rotted away and I found some abandoned fishing nets when we were in Micronesia and replaced them. Unfortunately, I didn't get lengths of line quite long enough so we had to tie two sections together between the stanchions. Some of the ties have vanished over the years so yesterday, I took a bunch of small black Zip ties and used them to connected the two sections. Looks much better and neater too. As I was doing this, Tracy was again polishing the stainless steel on deck. We've had a big port light that has leaked for quite some time. A few months ago, I ran rriggers tape(like super duct tape) around it and it stopped the leak. Once we get to Mexico and iI can get new glass should it break. The tape had started coming loose in a few areas so I pulled it off and retapped it. Now it's nice and sealed again. This morning(Wednesday)while Tracy was again polishing, I changed out the Racor fuel filter. Using our engine as much as we have, it's always good to change it when you thing it needs it. Once done I took some of my tools and got the rust that happens out here off and coated each with a special anti corrosion oil we bought a long time ago and use regularly. I even took apart and coated the prop shaft puller we got when in Panama. It's going to be put in a nice plastic bag to keep the moisture off it. Rust is our enemy out here. Today, Left over Thai Yellow Chicken Curry!!! Yea!!