Swelling
Not much time to spend on the boat during working days but I visit her every evening to check how things look. Meritaten is now completely water tight since yesterday - bilge pump did not have to start for more that 30 hours. Time to tighten the rig and put sails on - but that will be done soonest on Friday.
Jim went out on Kaika - good to have a free day in the middle of the week, crowds in most popular places come on weekends.
I’ve installed solar panel to keep batteries juiced. I spread it towards South when the boat is moored, it is stored under deck when we sail. This way I don’t need to run cables through the deck. Besides - the look of so modern (ekhm…!) euipment does not much my boat so I don’t want to have it permanently on the deck.
I’m designing mounting fixture for installing the autopilot. Somehow I need to fit something strong and nice between pipes forming the back pulpit.
In the meantime youngest member of the crew is giving Meritaten a scrub.