{"id":4940,"date":"2015-10-11T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T11:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2015-10-13T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T10:47:11","slug":"just-a-few-thousand-details-left-to-attend-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4940","title":{"rendered":"Just a few (thousand) details left…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Sunday morning and, as far as I know, the bow thruster was finished up and tested last evening. \u00a0It’s been a long, expensive process and hopefully the improvements put in place, designed to keep it dry, will avoid a long slow decline again. \u00a0If “an ounce of prevention”, no make that “thousands of ounces of prevention”\u00a0will make things better, than we should be in good shape. \u00a0The one remaining item to add will be a forced ventilation system which I expect install in the spring.<\/p>\n

This whole issue reminds me of the first time I installed an refrigeration system on my Tartan 37 many years ago. \u00a0I really didn’t know what I was getting into but really wanted to have a few ice cubes for my G&Ts. \u00a0 Sounds simple? \u00a0Not!!!<\/p>\n

I WANTED A FRIDGE. So, I added a compressor etc. \u00a0Little did I understand that this would eventually mean more batteries, a high output alternator. \u00a0The list went on and on.<\/p>\n

Anyway, those ice cubes cost me big time\u00a0and now, with all the time the “thruster guys” spent crawling around on Pandora, I am reminded, yet again, of how things can get complicated. \u00a0 Boats in general and thrusters, watermakers and fridges, in specific, are good examples of how you can take simple things, like\u00a0docking, plopping ice cubes into your drink or having a cup of water from simple to PLENTY COMPLICATED. \u00a0I guess that’s what owning a boat is all about. \u00a0Right?<\/p>\n

So, now with the thruster back in business I will begin to wrap things up and get ready to launch, probably later this week.<\/p>\n

I had a call with my crew for the run to the BVI a few days ago and the question of lee cloths came up. \u00a0Of course! I forgot about that. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0Anyway, lee cloths on the way. \u00a0I worked up the basic pieces yesterday, one for the port and starboard main settees as well as one for the forward Pullman berth. \u00a0I also installed the hardware and will be working up the rest of the items such as clips and straps, needed to finish the job in the next few days. \u00a0Thanks Jim for that reminder. \u00a0 I’ll post some photos when I finalize the installation next week. \u00a0They will certainly come in handy when the going gets “spirited” along the way.<\/p>\n

There are so many details to work out to get ready for a run like this, especially with a new boat, well, new to me anyway, that it seems TO-DOs keep finding their way onto my list faster than I am able to check them off. \u00a0And sometimes, in my desire to make everything perfect, I end up breaking things and then have yet another item to fix. \u00a0I am thinking of one particularly stupid example that I did the other day but I’ll “take the 5th” on that one. \u00a0Sorry, no comment. \u00a0However, parts on the way.<\/p>\n

Changing the subject, I have also set a nominal departure date to head to Hampton VA, October 22nd. \u00a0I’ll have Pandora launched around the 15th or 16th, which will give me nearly a week, once she’s in the water, to make certain that everything is in good working order. \u00a0I’ll also be able to crank up the fridge and begin stocking the freezer.<\/p>\n

I should note that I have renewed my subscription for my SPOT, GPS transponder and will be updating my position every four hours while I am underway. \u00a0This section of the sight is “where in the world is Pandora<\/a>“.
\nI also understand that there will be a tracking service that\u00a0participants in the\u00a0Salty Dawg fleet will be subscribing to for the duration of the run from Hampton to Virgin Gorda. \u00a0It’s Snap Track<\/a> and it will allow you to see where Pandora is an how she’s doing relative to other rally particpants. \u00a0This is an example of what you’ll see when we are underway. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>I’ll post details of this\u00a0as I learn more.<\/p>\n

So, to keep things moving along, I’ll continue to provision and stow\u00a0everything we’ll need for the winter aboard. \u00a0 No point in putting her in the water any sooner than necessary as it will just mean that there will be more time for the bottom to become slimy before we head south. \u00a0And,a clean bottom means and a bit more speed along the way which will make a big difference over a 2,000 mile run, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, this will be the last post that mentions the “thruster guys” and that from here on out, I’ll be able to turn Pandora any way I wish against currents and wind when I am close to pointy and hard things. \u00a0Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

As I “gird my loins” in preparation for the “thruster bill”, I need to keep my “eye on the prize” and think about making landfall at the Bitter End Yacht Club <\/a>in Virgin Gorda. \u00a0Yes, that will be very nice indeed. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>And, when I arrive, I plan to sit here and have a drink with a little umbrella stuck in it. \u00a0That’s of course, if I have any $$ left over from the, well, you know …
\n\"\"<\/a>Just a few (thousand) details to tend to first. \u00a0I’d better get on it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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