Yesterday we were leaving an anchorage in Baie Fine, for those who have been there you know the rock situation and navigation challenges. AFter raising anchor and going about a mile the computer went down. Ok it was, I thought, the inverter but anyway.
I am watching for the rocks and telling Pat to get my tools out of the drawer. You know, the parallel rule, divider, pencils and triangle. Lets see, the last time that I used that stuff was in the eighties, before the computer nav. program!!!!!! Afer we got in Pat mentioned just how intense all of that was. Rocks, fog and rain have that effect! Did I mention the fog and rain when all this is going on? This was just like the old days before Loran much less GPS. Then we got into the open bay and really started to NAVIGATE. Gawd are we having fun yet. Of course I still had the two GPS' so it was not like the " really old days" but fun none the less. All is well, it was not the computer nor the inverter--- it was the 12v receptacle in which the inverter was plugged. Of course I did not have time to run that down until we docked in Little Current. Confession: I got out the reliable volt meter and checked the connections in the elec cabinet and the fuse and the wires to and from the fuse and the NEGATIVE connection, all OK. Pulled the plug of the inverter and re inserted in the 12 receptacle and nothing. Went to the auto parts store across fr the dock an pur an inverter. Plugged it in and it will not work??????? NOW I check the wires going into the 12v receptacle and they are OK. Get the drift, the receptacle was bad. Back to the auto parts store for that. It matches my mount, well almost ---- after a bit of modification and we are in business. Of course I now have a spare inverter!!!!!!! As Sterling says," Cruising is the opportunity to work on your boat in exotic places." CCC Lying Little Current, Ontario -- CHARLES C., JR. & PAT CULOTTA SUPPORT OUR TROOPS M/V CCRIDER PATTERSON, LA. charlesculotta.com _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
