A bit of a mixed week. Finished the
lee board for the v-berth (in more ways than one), got the rudder for
the Hydrovane painted with antifouling and installed, and the new
deck awning was trial-fitted by the canvas-maker. I've also
frittered away quite a lot of time getting ready for the boater's
swapmeet on Saturday. I tried gettiinng my electric scooter to
charge, but the connector just fell apart in my hand. I'll have to
try replacing the connector. If I can't get it to work, I'll just
have to junk it, despite it's relatively high initial cost. I also
cleaned up my old surf kayak and started going through my storage
unit, sorting, pricing and loading up the first load in the Mini.
Speaking of the Mini, while I was able to pick it up, it turned out
the fog lamps were not working, so I had to bring it back. I sat waiting
for a couple of hours while they tried various fixes. They think the
new replacement light was bad out of the box, so I'll have to go back
yet again when the parts come in. I struck out getting any
information on hull identification numbers from my friend Clark or
the Salar Owners Group. Clark's Salar doesn't have an HIN either,
and the only response from the Salar Group was an Englishman, whose
Salar has only the English system number. I tried one more email to
the Coast Guard. If I don't get a clear answer, I'll try making up
something as I said last week. No call-back from the
sailmaker after two weeks, so I'll have to start pestering them next week. Still
plenty to do, but I'll make it.
