Monday March 14: Mundane Things

Although the sun has now moved so it is setting over the water, we have yet to see the green flash.

We watch most nights as the weather is cooperating quite nicely. In fact maybe too nicely.

It's in the 80's and sunny - and humid. Some days it's tiresome just moving around!

So it's been pretty low keyed around here lately - you know, kinda just getting mundane honestly.


And then I checked out the synonyms for mundane: humdrum, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, tiresome, wearisome, unexciting, uninteresting, uninvolving, uneventful, unremarkable, repetitive, routine, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, commonplace .... well you get the idea.

Then I came to the conclusion that mundane really doesn't describe what we do every day. Each day is different even though all one way or another revolve around getting this boat ready to travel a total of more than 4,000 miles to Canada and back this year.

Things need to work properly! First off was a road trip to Miami with George and Nancy. Destination: Sam's Club for a new set of golf cart batteries. Apparently the trickle charger we had on the batteries when the boat sat from May to December overcharged the batteries. No solution other than to replace them. What a pain in the arms for Steve to lift the 65 lb battery over the engine and into the battery box. Four times. Good to go.

Next was to make a storage cover the for solar panels we decided to carry. Helps keep the batteries charged and lessens the need to run the little Honda 2000 gas fueled generator.

Lots of floor work! Good job, Steve :-)

Happy with the fit. These two 4' by 2' panels will proved 200 watts of power on a nice sunny day. Plenty to run our fridge and freezer when we are not plugged into shore power.

Screw the storage bag to the back of the seating on the flybridge and good to go.

Easy place to store the panel and well protected from mishap.

And finish up the wiring needed. Which always seems to mean bring lots of tools out along with various fittings.

Good thing there is a workbench/kitchen in the main cabin!

As usual there are always some casualties involved. Not usual is that it was Steve!

Cut finger with a knife - bleeding heavily and in need of pressure. What better solution than a paper towel with a velcro strap to supply the pressure!

Of course antibiotic dressing and a real band aid but good enough for now :-)

Best good idea in a while?

Fix Steve's broken flip flop with the good old glue gun - and so far it has worked!

New sandals are definitely going to be ordered soon .........