The new things that the lovely Sally and Pat brought down for us have now been fitted. That is to say, the wind generator regulator is now taking input from Don Quixote (or would be if there were any wind to spin him) and the tiller head fitting has now been replaced with the new one.
The tiller head fitting was a big relief in particular and although the old one is not completely fractured, it is good to know that the new one is whole and should be good for another 38 years. Boring pictures here. I promise to get some others of our trips around the island up soon.
3 comments:
You see when I imagined you sailing off into the idyll, I had no idea there would be so much time spent tinkering with all the mechanics!! Its a good job you know how to do all these things. You are a lot more practically minded than I had you down for!
Angela - a boat has loads of mechanical stuff which gets a lot more usage while cruising than normal so it needs constant maintenance. Glad you are impressed with my skills though. :-)
The only thing you can be certain always works on an old boat----is the owner.
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