Las Palmas - Partying and maintenance
Rainmaker
Donald Macdonald
Sat 7 Nov 2020 16:05
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Checked in with marina and customs, very smooth. All med
style mooring not very good for this boat so have bow in to get on and off.
Boat all washed down inside and out plus foul weather
gear.
About 4 litres of water found under bunks and sink. not
sure where came from and not considered a major problem with 6 days at sea in
some exciting conditions will look further during the 2 weeks before we are off
to St Lucia.
Maintenance list has 30 items so far the more
significant being the boom gooseneck toggle has a lot of slack in it hopefully
chandlery here can get, will confirm on Monday. Available in UK if I have to get
it shipped. Checkstay 'U' bolt looking to get exact pitch of one broken so do
not have to do any epoxy filling. Iridium antenna needs moving up think on
starboard tack the solar panel shields too much upwards looking and have
difficulty receiving weather data email as loses host connection. Other jobs
include:
backstay antichafe strip to
solar panel
mast inspection
(tomorrow)
PredictWind find out if files
used by laptop can be used on tablet app
rope bag stbd side
lifering bracket
fix
hydraulic backstay tensioner
work out why pin to handle keeps migrating out (lucky so far have seen it before
lost)
That is just a few on the list.
Next today is partying. Last night quiet couple of
beers, food early bed. Tomorrow go and watch start of the
ARC+.
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