Quick update<\/p>\n
Pleinair was relaunched early this morning, so early we’d only had time for one coffee<\/p>\n
Happily the engine started and ran well as we motored round to her berth. Breakfast ashore was followed by a sort out below decks then it was off to the chandlers for a new line for the mainsail clew outhaul and a few other bits<\/p>\n
I’d finally worked out what was wrong with the outhaul setup. The existing line was too thick to be correctly rigged! With a length of 8 mm instead of 10mm we could set it up properly<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, our cunning plan to fit the new tiller pilot didn’t work. We can do without it. (The needed Simrad accessory is not in stock locally and a cunning bodge hasn’t been found yet)<\/p>\n
The mass of lines at the mast foot were identified. Then we unfurled the genoa, furled it again then set about bending on the mainsail.<\/p>\n
A final sort out and we were ready to set off to the fuel berth. Getting alongside caused some fun. Pleinair’s bows blow off to leeward much more than on Erbas<\/p>\n
We sorted it out, fueled up and locked out. There was a stiff breeze and a bit of a chop but no drama. We wanted to test the engine hard and charge the flat domestic battery too so we motored down the harbour<\/p>\n
We rafted up to our friends boat “Surabaya Girl” for a welcome coffee before heading on to Haslar marina for the night<\/p>\n
Whilst Tony went to the office, I engaged engineer mode and quickly ascertained that the domestic battery is dead. Disconnecting it and cross linking the domestic systems to the engine battery brought everything to life. A quick charge test have the desired result<\/p>\n
We’ll have to watch we don’t flatten it during the day but we can cope on the one battery<\/p>\n
Then it was pub grub and now bed<\/p>\n
We head East in the morning<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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