Rich Knowles wrote:
How about neutering your rant, send it to me and I'll post it?
Actually, I deleted it. Sometimes it's smart to just sit down and shut up. (A good Captain knows how to be good crew... <VBG>)
And I'm fine. Nothing happened in La Paz while I was there, and I was off the dock for a month and just checked into La Cruz for the holidays, and the problem here had already happened.
Actually, I caught a perfect weather window for heading south. Sheesh. 8 to 15 at my back, with a 2 foot following swell for four days. I was cooking without spilling. I set a port tack and lived the dream. Even light air was enough to keep the sails quiet, and actually I like to know the boat's only making 4 knots while I'm sleeping. Speaking of that, my one big screw-up was sleeping through both my timers. I normally sleep with a 30 minute timer next to each ear, but apparently I was just too comfortable. (Actually, it was a really good dream and I didn't want to wake up.) Fortunately that happened way off shore. Maybe I should buy a parrot, but I hear they tend to outlive the owners and then no one will adopt them because they talk like singlehanded sailors. Besides, they sh__ on your shoulder.
I'm not totally out of danger. All of my paperwork is perfect, but that really doesn't mean anything. The serial number for my engine is correct according to my little laminated warranty card, but I have no idea where the serial number is stamped on the engine block. If someone wants to inspect it, I'm more than willing to spend 1/2 hour pulling everything out of the back of the boat and telling them to go stand on their head and find it. That's a bad attitude, though, and to avoid that I sent a customer support request to Westerbeke (who bought Universal) asking them where the serial number is stamped on a Universal M40-B. Actually it's just a Kubota block, just like the Nanni and Beta, so I imagine the serial number is in the same place. (hint hint) I probably won't have a problem if I get inspected, but all my paperwork says 'Westerbeke' and my exhaust manifold says 'Universal' and I'm not conversant in Spanish well enough to explain mergers and acquisitions. I'm sure there won't be a problem, but this is a new world...
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