Governor’s Harbour to Rock Sound

We raised the anchor yesterday morning to sail S to Rock Sound, stopping briefly along the way so that we could walk to Eleuthera Island Farm. As we were nearing Rock Sound we heard from Dee and Ron that they were meeting Michael from Desiderata II at Louis Delights and we were welcome to join them. We dropped the anchor, dinghied ashore and joined them for a good meal and great conversation. George was so happy with the milkshake he had that we went back today for another. 

This morning George spent some time sanding the engine block where the negative battery terminal attaches. One possible reason for the overheating alarm sounding even when the engine is cold is a bad ground connection. Cleaning up the area where the negative battery terminal connects to the engine could take care of that. While he was working on that I was adding insulation to the inside of the cockpit cubbies. We recently discovered that we are almost at the end of our ship logbook and don’t have another blank one on board. We designed the books and print them ourselves. We purchase the binding online. This year we neglected to do that. That has led us to convert to an electronic version that we keep on our iPads. We don’t usually keep our iPads in the cockpit unless we are using them. When the sun beats in on them they can get overheated. We discussed ways of keeping our iPads in the cockpit but protecting them from the sun and George suggested covering the inside of the cubbies to keep the sun out. We happened to have leftover insulation material that I cut to fit and attached with double-sided tape. I used my oven thermometer to confirm that the temperature inside the cubby stays below 100° in the sun . Now we will be able to keep it iPads handy to record in the logbook every two hours. 

One other job that was done today is fixing the steaming light—a light that is halfway up the mast and should be on when the boat is under motor power at night. The light stopped working between Beaufort and Brunswick. Rule follower that I am, I don’t like motoring at night without the steaming light. George had checked the electrical connections for the steaming light inside the boat and all were fine. It was calm here today so he went up the mast to test and remove the bulb if necessary.  We were delighted that Dee and Ron said they had a spare bulb we could have as a replacement. It is now installed and the light works. 

Vegetables on display at Eleuthera Island Farm. It is well worth the dinghy ashore and one mile walk. 

Breeze On at sunset as we return from our meal at Louis Delights. 

Cockpit cubby without insulation. It can get so hot inside that things will melt. The bag tied to the foredeck is our sun shower. It is filled with water that heats as the sun shines on it. 

Our paper logbook and the pattern from the new insulation

Insulation material with double sided tape attached. 

Insulation installed. 

George up the mast installing the new bulb in the steaming light, generously provided by Ron and Dee.