Money, Money, Money, WOOT it’s nice to spend a few bucks.
Today was like Christmas, our ENGEL CAME! I went shopping and put a few prized perishable items in the small refrigerated compartment. Basically it is 2 keep protein, chicken, fish, meat, and tofu. I can always sneak a beer in for a sundowner. The nice thing is it is a freezer as well so we can freeze a bunch of food for a trip. This is the most conservative means of refrigeration on the planet, I’ll be running it with solar power :)
I’ve been working on my SSB installation and radar mount. I’ve manufactured all the parts to the radar mast mount and just need to weld them up. I don’t have any aluminum stick but one of the guys here is going to do a couple welds for me 2morrow with his TIG setup.
Our 6 gallon batch of Welches grape juice wine is almost ready to rack. It is sitting at 12% alcohol and is more than palatable. It’s not great, but on the + side of good. As you guys can see from the Coopers logo to the left they are hooking me up with some home brewing kits for the trip. Captain Woodie from Latts & Atts turned me on to them. He swears by them, and made their brew during his circumnavigation.
I also got a chutescoop coming. After a lot of research on spinnaker furling gear I decided to go with the chute scoop. Most everyone goes for the ATN setup but after talking to some folks who have had chutescoops and ATN socks, they think the chute scoop is perfect and the ATN setup is a waste of an additional $300.
I’m off to do some work on another cruisers boat tomorrow. Sorry I haven’t been checking in more but believe it or not I’ve been keeping a schedule. I’m looking forward to dumping it soon.
Cheers everyone.
– Alex