Things rarely go according to plan.
The last few days have been busy. Major projects that we thought were finished developed new twists; others we planned to start got deferred.
Just about the time I was ready to pop the sparker on the blow torch and begin grappling with the plumbing, Michelle confessed that she preferred to patch the old water tank and continue using it for a while, rather than replace it. For all the reasons I mentioned previously, this worked for me; we spent about half an hour patching the old tank, “R2D2,” and returning the big new one, “Darth Vader,” to the boat shed. I’ll get over there in the coming days with the blowtorch. All the fittings we thought we needed from town are already on the new tank in different configurations. A little reassembly, and that’ll be good to go whenever we decide. In the meantime, we have our old reliable, growing ever uglier, but serving us faithfully and well.
After a day or so of mirror-calm seas, a brisk 25-knot wind (28.76 mph) started up Tuesday morning. As the sun came up, I glanced out the window to check the wind generator, to see the tower bending way out of true! Continue reading