Are you getting bored with your window view? Here's a better one to cheer you up.
From my place it's a 30-minute walk along the beach at low tide, but I usually take the cliff-side road.
If the tide isn't low, I (usually Ana and I) have to scramble over two outcrops of slippery rocks which is kind of fun at first but then becomes "repetitive fun" - otherwise work.
On to the real topic of the day. I know...I know, I'm suppose to stick to one theme, but this is my blog and, like my life, linearity doesn't apply.
I'm on the boat in Peniche watching the battery charge. Contrary to common sense, I'm still using a car charger. But, since I'm not totally dumb, now I disconnect the battery so that any potential ground leaks can't eat away at my precious underwater metals.
I'd like to get the battery bubbling a bit to prevent calcification (or whatever you call it) but coupling a 5 amp charger to a 220 amp battery is like trying to fill a pool with a beach pail. I'm lucky to get it to 13.8 volts by the end of the day.
Then I hear the email "pling" on the computer and sure enough I have a small translation that lasted until lunch.
After lunch I went for a walk along the breakwater to look around.
Got back to the boat and another small translation was waiting for me which I quickly dispatched.
Dried the bilges (4 different compartments with two automatic electric bilge pumps), ran the engine in reverse for 10 minutes, packed up and went home. Picked a basket of figs and a bag of quince at the farm on the way.
From my place it's a 30-minute walk along the beach at low tide, but I usually take the cliff-side road.
If the tide isn't low, I (usually Ana and I) have to scramble over two outcrops of slippery rocks which is kind of fun at first but then becomes "repetitive fun" - otherwise work.
On to the real topic of the day. I know...I know, I'm suppose to stick to one theme, but this is my blog and, like my life, linearity doesn't apply.
I'm on the boat in Peniche watching the battery charge. Contrary to common sense, I'm still using a car charger. But, since I'm not totally dumb, now I disconnect the battery so that any potential ground leaks can't eat away at my precious underwater metals.
I'd like to get the battery bubbling a bit to prevent calcification (or whatever you call it) but coupling a 5 amp charger to a 220 amp battery is like trying to fill a pool with a beach pail. I'm lucky to get it to 13.8 volts by the end of the day.
Then I hear the email "pling" on the computer and sure enough I have a small translation that lasted until lunch.
After lunch I went for a walk along the breakwater to look around.
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| Catamaran entering the port. Lots of transient traffic even this time of year. |
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| Water gurgling from holes on marina side. The waves force water through a 20 m wide breakwater which must be riddled with cracks and hollow areas. |
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| Black Turnstone birds on the dock. Took a bit of Googling to find their names. |
Got back to the boat and another small translation was waiting for me which I quickly dispatched.
Dried the bilges (4 different compartments with two automatic electric bilge pumps), ran the engine in reverse for 10 minutes, packed up and went home. Picked a basket of figs and a bag of quince at the farm on the way.
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