BIG NEWS!!

We have two new FRESHWATER HEADS on order!!  I am so excited. I am so tired of the nasty smell from the old saltwater heads!  YEA!  It sounds like we can get Matt's friend Brian to help us install them.  He said he cannot get that smell out of his nose since he stayed with us almost three weeks ago. 

We were planning a trip to Angel Island this weekend with our friend Barry (Sparkler III) but unfortunately it is supposed to rain.  We have plenty of boat projects though, so it is just as well.  Hopefully we will get the boat out to see if the autopilot is working.  I don't think I posted, we went through all the wiring the other day and just couldn't figure out what the problem was.  Just for the heck of it, we tried to move the rudder with the autopilot and it worked!  (this was in the slip)  It had NEVER worked before.  We have no idea if this was a one time stroke of luck or if somehow the old GPS (now removed) was causing the autopilot not to work. In any case, we really want to take the boat out and see what happens!

We've also been having some battery issues and we plan to spend some time investigating the wiring of the electrical system.  That should be interesting.  We have a great reference book on electrical systems (Nigel Calder's Mechanical and Electrical Manual), though unfortunately, reading it makes me want to pay someone else to figure this whole thing out!

Hope to have some new photos for you soon!