The main project for Wednesday was to fix the steering gear.\u00a0 This required three walks to the other end of the boat yard to check on the parts, collect them, and then to go back to have a little taken off each of the pins and to have an extra sleeve made up for the starboard pin.\u00a0 The walk takes a little while but is always slowed down by bumping into folks.\u00a0 Anyway, the job was done and I’m more than happy with the results.\u00a0 The news on our car is that it is being processed and should be here Friday evening.\u00a0 I now have funds in the country so tomorrow I’ll go into Paihia to have a cashier’s cheque drawn.<\/p>\n

Today it’s been more walking up and down the boat yard to put in some improvements on the aircon\/heating system.\u00a0 There are two separate issues with each of the units under the aft bunks.\u00a0 If we don’t shut the sea cocks when sailing, both of them collect air bubbles in the water cooling circuit very quickly creating airlocks in the pumps.\u00a0 The only way around this is to take off the hose on the supply side of the pump to allow the air to work it’s way out.\u00a0 One fix is to put in a tee and a valve so that air\/water can be drained without undoing the pipe work.\u00a0 The second issue is that each aircon condenser tray has no effective drain.\u00a0 If we were ever to run the units for an extended time it would overflow.\u00a0 Onto the electric motor beneath.\u00a0 No good.\u00a0 It also reduces the effectiveness of dehumidifying the boat as the condensed water evaporates back into the interior of the boat.<\/p>\n

After much leg work I have installed a drain on the port side and part of the airlock fix.\u00a0 I now need to drill holes and I can’t find the tool I need.<\/p>\n

I’ll have to see if I can borrow one tonight.\u00a0 At thanksgiving dinner.\u00a0 Which reminds me ….<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving to all that this wish is relevant to on this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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