George Town

It’s a windy Saturday and Sunday.  I stayed aboard, downloaded Apps, podcasts and videos from Summer Salt Starlink. 

Updated blog and log sheets  

Recharged batteries and did an oil change and retightened the shaft packing.  

Had no appetite  

Monday visited George Town to do laundry and walked through town finding the BTC office which had free high speed wifi and a comfortable couch an CNN on the big TV   

I bought a lobster tail from a fish monger.  He would not sell any fish less than 3 LB  

Filled up the dinghy tank with 2.1 gallons  I found a piece of wood to let me tilt the outboard up for beaching  

Went back to the boat and dinghy to visit Chit n Chat beach  

Tuesday morningI moved the boat to outside chit n chat beach and did yoga and deals of the bilge and bought a Renogy solar panel which battery charging by up to 5.5 amps

Wednesday I did yoga again and dinghy through the various hurricane holes

Thursday Andy came and replaced the MC4 connectors on the solar panel.  I twisted my back and decided  to spend the rest of the day aboard  

I did a lot of daily Yoga with Anne while at Chat n Chill beach.  Lisa took over Tuesday and Thursday  

Saturday I walked George Town, updating my devices at the BTC office which was closed, but the free guest Internet access was open.

Sunday I was going to Long Island but Gavin had two 150 watt flexible solar panels for sale.  I repositioned Bellum and picked up the new panels and replaced the rigid panel.  

The new panels put out about 10 amps or more.  The old panel put out 4 amps   I had used banana plugs to connect the solar panel to the Telecom batteries   When I switch to the new panels, the banana plugs melted!!  I reworked the panels directly to the DC-DC charger output to the Telecom batteries!  Amazing how much power the solar panels produces  

Monday I tried to go to Long Island   See separate blog entry  

Tuesday I did yoga and the tidy up the boat  

Wednesday started with a conversation on the Nee and I sold the rigid panel to a boat from Ottawa.  I kinda wanted to keep the panel even though I was not eager to part with it but considering it was taking valuable space on Bellum and he was desperate for an additional panel I offered it to the for $20 and he insisted on giving me 40   The panel was worth 200

The rest of Wednesday was beach, volleyball and bochi ball

Thursday I went to George Town and walked 5 km to Browns Marine and hitch hiked back to town.  The walk was a slow pace taking 90 minutes in 26 degrees   

I went to BTC to update laptop and iDevices then at 2PM I went to the Junkanoo practice 

Saturday morning I did Yoga and went to George Town to do groceries   In the morning I noticed the outboard starter cable was frayed. In the afternoon I was planning to go to Peace and Plenty and Sand Dollar beach for a bon fire but the starter cord broke.  I opened her up and discovered the recoil spring had unwound and had difficulties putting it back together. No bonfire for me.

Sunday Norm arrived.  Got outboard working with help from Glen of Silent Running  

Sunday and Monday was at chit n chat, Tuesday we moved the boat it Kidd’s cove near Lake Victoria for provisioning   Norm hurt his back on the rough dinghy ride back to the boat.  We moved to Monument and had drinks at Coconuts