Atlantis
Tuesday: 7AM – Waiting on a cold front to come thru to leave for the Exumas. We didn’t get the blow we expected last night so I’m hoping for a more comfortable frontal passage than what was forecast. We listened to Chris Parker this morning, he confirmed what we thought, a Thursday departure would be best. It tried to rain a bit early this morning but little came of it.
Linda and I may take the bus to the Straw Market today. I have a couple small parts I want to pick up for the boat today. Yesterday I found the perfect switches to use for chokes. These new Yamaha motors have an electric choke that make it easy to start. The ignition switches I have do not have a choke actuator, so I mounted these two push buttons right under the keys for each motor. I need a couple join splices to finish the wiring. Man it will be nice to have those chokes working without opening the engine bays like I have to do now.
I may tackle the shifter cable replacement soon. My port engine shifter cable is almost inoperable. The sheath is cracked right at the motor, so salt water has corroded the innerds. I bought a replacement in Key Largo. It would certainly be nice to have the boat beached so I could stand up under the stern to run the cable. I will probably defer that job until we get to shallower waters.
It’s 8AM, we just decided to try to make the straw market by 9 so I better go… Sea Yawl Later !!