{"id":4970,"date":"2015-10-17T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T10:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2015-10-17T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T10:27:35","slug":"back-in-the-water-and-ready-to-travel-yahoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4970","title":{"rendered":"Back in the water and ready to cruise.  Yahoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday morning and PANDORA IS BACK IN THE WATER! \u00a0Yahoo, Yahoo, Yahoo! \u00a0It&#8217;s been a month since she came out and after so many &#8220;I&#8217;ll be ready to launch in a few days&#8221; I can&#8217;t believe that she&#8217;s FINALLY in. \u00a0And, it&#8217;s just in time as it&#8217;s late October and it&#8217;s getting COLD, in the low 40s outside as I write this. \u00a0Yes, it&#8217;s high time to head south, so here&#8217;s the plan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now that she&#8217;s back in the water I&#8217;ll check all the systems and get the refrigeration going again. \u00a0 Check, check, double-check&#8230; \u00a0I&#8217;ll begin stocking the freezer and other last minute provisions in anticipation of shoving off when the weather allows, later in the week, for Hampton, the staging port for the Salty Dawg Rally that gets underway in early November. \u00a0Of course, if you feel like hearing more, you can sign up under &#8220;sign up to be notified when I publish a post&#8221;. Pretty descriptive, right?<\/p>\n<p>And, on the upper tool bar, you can also click on &#8220;where in the world is Pandora&#8221; and see where we actually are or at least where we were when we last &#8220;pushed the button&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0I have been going on and on about my bow thruster for the last two weeks (yes it took that long to do the overhaul) and get it going reliably again, I thought it would be fun to post a video of it going up and down, up and down. \u00a0<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgLI2uEbqfs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>I think that is just so great, and mildly amusing. \u00a0Among the nifty features of the unit is the remote-control. \u00a0You might want to ask yourself &#8220;why Bob, would you need a remote when you are only feet away from the &#8220;joystick&#8221; in the cockpit? \u00a0Just use that.&#8221; \u00a0Well, that&#8217;s so I can control the bow while Brenda does the &#8220;forward and reverse thing&#8221; as we go up to a dock. \u00a0It also made that neato video you just saw possible. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the receiver and &#8220;brains&#8221; of the unit. \u00a0It was relocated inside the boat from in the &#8220;sometimes humid&#8221;compartment near the motor. \u00a0A much better spot, I am assured. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-004.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-004.jpg\" alt=\"10-16-15a 004\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-004.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-004-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ll be keeping my fingers crossed that it won&#8217;t crap out again any time soon. However, I am pretty sure that it&#8217;s going to be a lot better as I have worked hard to modify things to keep everything dry. \u00a0 And speaking of dry, here&#8217;s the now dry compartment, complete with dry drive motor. \u00a0Let&#8217;s hope it stays that way.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-001.jpg\" alt=\"10-17-15a 001\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-001.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>And, just in case somehow, some way, water gets into here, there&#8217;s a pump ready and willing to assist. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-002.jpg\" alt=\"10-17-15a 002\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-002.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>But wait, there&#8217;s more. \u00a0When the above featured pump has done it&#8217;s work, this unit is on hand to pump out down to the last teaspoon. \u00a0It cycles every few hours, 24\/7 &#8220;just in case&#8221;. \u00a0 Let&#8217;s hope that it lives up to it&#8217;s name.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-003.jpg\" alt=\"10-16-15a 003\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-003.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-16-15a-003-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>And, to deal with anything that might be missed, and to keep things desert dry, I added a decidedly low tech item to catch those remaining molecules of H2O. Fingers crossed that it all works in harmony and, well, continues to work. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-003.jpg\" alt=\"10-17-15a 003\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-003.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>If all of this isn&#8217;t up to the task, I still have the option of putting in forced ventilation but that&#8217;s another project for another day.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there you have it, and as my day used to say, &#8220;more than you want to know about penguins&#8221;. \u00a0A complete rundown of my &#8220;for the moment&#8221; functioning bow thruster.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, everybody loves photos of boats &#8220;on the move&#8221; so here&#8217;s Pandora making her way across through the marina at a stately pace. \u00a0She won&#8217;t\u00a0look so shiny and clean for a long time to come.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-013.jpg\" alt=\"10-17-15a 013\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-013.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-013-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>I guess I&#8217;ll close today with Pandora&#8217;s first beautiful sunset since being &#8220;back in business&#8221;\u00a0again. \u00a0Nice spot, nice spot indeed.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-017.jpg\" alt=\"10-17-15a 017\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-017.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/10-17-15a-017-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>I am really looking forward to being in many more nice spots in the coming months and I very much hope that you will stay tuned and make the journey with me.<\/p>\n<p>Time to cruise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday morning and PANDORA IS BACK IN THE WATER! \u00a0Yahoo, Yahoo, Yahoo! \u00a0It&#8217;s been a month since she came out and after so many &#8220;I&#8217;ll be ready to launch in a few days&#8221; I can&#8217;t believe that she&#8217;s FINALLY in. \u00a0And, it&#8217;s just in time as it&#8217;s late October and it&#8217;s getting COLD, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4981,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions\/4981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}