FUDGE!
That's the nice rated of my mood right now.
Getting ready to leave Marathon, Florida when the fresh water cooling pump went South when we tested the engine. A new one is on order from the U.K.
Today, the wife and I decided to work on the roller furling, there is always something acting up with it. I am not a huge fan of roller furling to start with. Well, it was a bitch to unfurl, and a bitch to furl. More so than normal. The cherry on the icing on this turd cake was the halyard, (rope that hauls the sail up to the top of the mast), parted and the metal end of the sail passed through my wife's hair, but missing her skull, thankfully.
Depressing as it is, the good news is that I a officially retiring the whole roller furling system and going back to the old school Hank on sails. We have two spare ones:)
That is a lot of sail we are not going to use. I must learn to use the sewing machine. There are a lot of projects on the back burner; outboard motor cover, two bicycle bags, winch covers, windlass cover, hatch shades....the UV down here is murderous, gear has to be protected.
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