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Several Days Late!<\/a><\/h2>\n

November 2nd, 2008 <\/small><\/p>\n

Ok, so you know the cradle is broken from the last blogline.\u00a0 That night I drove home.\u00a0 However, to fill the previous afternoon, I located a lumber yard that had a supply of 2\u2033x12\u2033x16\u2032 white oak rough sawn boards in Charlotte, MI.<\/p>\n

Next morning I saddled up the old truck and hooked up the kayak trailer.\u00a0 I headed for Charlotte and the lumber yard.\u00a0 I arrived about 10:00 and we selected a good, mostly clear piece of 2\u00d712 white oak.\u00a0 We then ripped it into a 2\u2033x6\u2033x16\u2032 and cut to length of 174 inches.\u00a0 I loaded both pieces of the lumber on the trailer and headed for Saugatuck.\u00a0 Price for the lumber was $71.00.<\/p>\n

I went direct to Saugatuck by navigating with Streets & Trips running on my computer.\u00a0 I was on mostly tarmac roads except for a few miles on a gravel road and I only went through one town of consequence – Niles, MI – where I got a McDonalds #1.\u00a0 I arrived in Saugatuck about 1400 hrs local time and unloaded the wood and the bolts I purchased at our local Trustworthy Hardware (about $52).\u00a0 I then unloaded some items from the boat and headed for the Indiana home.<\/p>\n

So far, I have not heard from Tower Marine as to the disposition of the cradle fix.\u00a0 I called once but no one returned my call.<\/p>\n

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Crash, Bang – What was that?<\/a>\u00a0REPEATED<\/h2>\n

October 22nd, 2008 <\/small><\/p>\n

Last night was my last night on Inspiration until next spring.\u00a0 There was a North wind and the temperature was 35 degrees F.\u00a0 In the morning the frost on the boat was very heavy.\u00a0\u00a0I awoke about 6:40 AM, ate breakfast and put everything on the dock that I wanted to take home this trip.\u00a0 The truck & trailer with my new 16.5 kayak was stored in the heated building so it was nice to put the things away in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The Saqugatuck Marine people arrived at o730 and we started.\u00a0 By 1100 hrs it was out and ready for power washing.\u00a0 I use VC17 so the washing was a snap and the moved it into the heated storage building to a temporary position.<\/p>\n

As they were removing the dolly\u2019s and putting the corner boxes there was a very loud bang and one of the wood supports for my cradle broke.\u00a0 Luckily there was a box under both corners and no trauma resulted.\u00a0 However, where do you find a 2\u2033x6\u2033x14\u2032 solid oak board to replace the broken one?\u00a0 I called around and located a rough cut 2\u00d712x14\u2032 board we can rip into two pieces.\u00a0 Now I have to get up early and run to Charlotte, MI buy the lumber and then deliver it to the marina.\u00a0 I figure this is cheaper than the solution that they would come up with.\u00a0 The board is $62 ripped so the price is not too bad per board ft (about $0.50 per bd ft).\u00a0 The high $ item will be gasoline running around and labor to install the board as it is inside one of their facilities and employees have to do the work at $75 per hour.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let you know tomorrow what transpires.\u00a0 Oh yes,\u00a0 I have to stop by the local hardware and get new bolts, nuts , washers and some 2\u2032 all thread 1\/2\u2033 rod (in case we have to make a custom something).<\/p>\n

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End of the Season<\/a><\/h2>\n

October 20th, 2008 <\/small><\/p>\n

Tomorrow I will travel to Saugatuck and over-night on Inspiration for the last time this season.\u00a0 She is to be hauled first thing on Wednesday morning.\u00a0 In between all this goings on I have to get the oil changed.\u00a0 I\u2019ll let the engine cool down for an hour or so before extracting the old oil.\u00a0 Actually, I probably would not even need to change it as there is about 10 hours on the engine this season.\u00a0 However, I will change it so it will be crystal clear for spring.<\/p>\n

On the 19th we removed all the bedding and cleaned out the refridgerator.\u00a0 Also, we dismounted the dingy and colapssed the davits.\u00a0 The dingy is upsided down on the fore deck – we moved it with the topping lift halyard and switched over to the jib halyard as it moved from aft to forward – and all went nicely.\u00a0 When we left the marina the car was totally full of \u201cthings\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the way back to Indiana we took a long detour to Grand Rapids to look at a kayak (a Perception Shadow).\u00a0 It was a little tight for me with the size 11 shoes but SAM said it fit the size 9\u2019s OK.\u00a0 Anyway we put a down payment on it and I will return tomorrow to pick it up.\u00a0 It is a pretty clean 16.5\u2032 sea kayak.\u00a0 We will see how SAM handles it as it is narrow and has a shallow V bottom – it will be tippy.\u00a0 Several other pieces of gear will come with it but they are mostly worthless to us.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful Closing Weekend<\/a><\/h2>\n

October 11th, 2008 <\/small><\/p>\n

I came up to the boat on Wednesday and installed the Remote Panel for the PathMaker 200 combiner.\u00a0 Now I will not have to manually switch from start battery to Both for charging.\u00a0 When on Shore Power the combiner is activated so all 5 batteries are in parallel.\u00a0 If the combined battery voltage drops below 13.1 VDC the combiner seperates ths start and house batteries.\u00a0 When the boat engine starts the alternator will bring the batteries up past 13 .4 VDC and the combiner connets the house and start batteries.\u00a0 If you are using a wind generator and\/or solar panels and the battery voltage goes above 15.0 VDC the combiner also kicks out seperating the hosue and start batteries.\u00a0 I bought it off of eBay for a very low price with Remote Indicator.<\/p>\n

Today I awaited SAM\u2019s arrival but vehicle trouble resulted in a wasted day.\u00a0 Tomorrow we will take the sails down for the season.\u00a0 We will probably come up on the weekends until haul out but will have to motor only.<\/p>\n

We too a long beach walk with friends and then went to dinner.\u00a0 Weather was perfect and seas almost perfectly flat but there was no wind .\u00a0 Not one sailboat was out.<\/p>\n

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