Yesterday I had a few things to do on board....

1) Fix windex...had a bend in it and it was touching the VHF antenna.
2) Install cradle for video Ipod
3) Run cable for Ram mic2 for cockpit install.

It was HOT out!!!! HOT, hot, hot! And humid. Just really rough weather
for this kind of stuff. So before starting I flipped on the air
conditioning and dropped the canvas companionway cover in place. I
pumped out the rainwater from the dinghy and returned to an ice cold
cabin! It's just so nice to not sweat a gallon in a 105 degree boat
cabin. I finished things off quickly and the hot sun actually felt good
back outside. I walked over to my buddy (she owns a Sabre 34) and she
was just about ready for heat stroke working on her boat. I invited her
over to Heart of Gold to cool off.
20 minutes later, my 105 lb mast climber arrived. Kathy is great for
this stuff and in good enough shape to go up a mast without a chair. We
used the chair anyway. Windex fixed!
Back below...now joined by two fella's who own a nicely restored Chris
Craft. Hey, they HAVE a/c too! Ah well, Kathy's a pretty 27 year old
girl from Ohio.
Sitting below we all had ice cold drinks in a cool cabin....fired up
the Ipod for some tunes and talked boats like civilized yachtsmen.

Air conditioning aboard simply makes good sense. We still don't know if
we need a genset. It's been pretty cool at night thus far. In this hot
summer, I can well see why Scotty in his advancing years chose to stay
ashore. No one believes he stayed ashore for picnics...or maybe his
engine is seized!

Going sailing at about 5:00 today to beat the heat!


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