We're sitting here at Riverside Marine Services waiting for our turn on the crane to take the mast down. Regular readers of this blog know that is a bittersweet moment for us.
Our Wifi antenna has been broken since Florida. I had a new one shipped here and I'm using it now to post this blog. It works great. It is a Wave RV brand antenna from Radiolabs. It's main advantage compared to other Wifi boosters is that it is waterproof and can be left outside in the rain while the long USB cord leads down below to the computer. It is also omnidirectional, a mandatory thing for boats swinging at ahchor.
I also had our new phones shipped here, and while we're waiting for the crane, I'll try to activate them. Who knows?Perhaps the next blog will be written on my new Motorola Droid phone.
By the way, three men on another sailboat are also here to take down the mast. It's not their boat. They are delivery skippers. They found a big problem. The stainless turnbuckles are frozen solid. They've been using heavy tools and a propane torch, and penetrating oil with no success. They may be forced to cut them with an acetylene torch. Ouch. It reminds me how grateful I am for all the parts on Tarwathie that are solid bronze rather than stainless steel.
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Most stainless can NOT be cut with a torch.
ReplyDeleteThey could use a grinder with a cutting disk.
Bill Kelleher