Update: August 15,
2004 1800 EDT
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Moving from the lagoon to the new mooring, 960' offshore Banana River Marine, was
fun. I spent the night of July 1st beached on the north shore of
the west sandbar at "Bird Island" . It was nice to be out of the
lagoon and the lack-of-bugs was wonderful, but the birds just DON'T
SHUT-UP at night so it's difficult to sleep with all that racket!
The next morning, I gave the boat a thorough scrubbing bow-to-stern and
top-to-bottom. Whew!!! There's a lot of surfaces to
wash. Nevertheless, a clean yacht is a happy yacht :)
By mid-afternoon, SEDATION 4
was safely moored to her new bouy. A well-deserved Happy Hour
began early on July 2 to commemorate the occasion.
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I still don't wear a watch, but I actually purchased new
battaries for both of them just-in-case. Why??? I dunno.
My "biological clock" still awakens me between 0400 an 0420 every day,
regardless of the time I finally turn-in. This can be annoying
when you've been playing all night up-river and don't return aboard
until after 0300. Access to happy hours is frequently hindered by
late-afternoon squalls and thunderstorms, which is typical of
late-summer Florida weather.
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Progress on the rigging and fitting-out of SEDATION 4 is slow but
methodical. Electrical systems are the most time consuming.
It took almost 3 days just to install the refrigeration systems for the
bar's
Ice Maker and 'fridge. I fabricated a shelf for the 3 compressors
from dense (heavy) 1" polymer board, to attenuate any vibrations, and
proceeded to install the plethora of wires, relays, switches and
component boxes. Those systems should be maintenence-free for
decades! Installation and plumbing of the seawater cooling pump
completed the job and the first ice cubes dropped into the bin around
happy hour on July 22. By Sunday, the 60 pound bin was
full. Having on-board icemaking capability is wonderful!
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Tarynn dropped-by for a day. We took the dinghy
through the locks and ate at Grills, then explored the river
some. She had to leave for her sister's wedding but it was great
to see her (and pictures of Lester) again. Here she is awakening,
on the settee, to lattes
at sunrise :)
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