We're Back!

 

Wrong spelling for this purpose, but you get it. 

You may have noticed that for the last year or more, this blog has been pretty much silent, (or maybe you didn't), either way, I took a break from posting. I'm not sure why, it just seemed that Friday would sneak up on me, and I'd have nothing written or planned, and then it would pass and nothing was done. I thought I would start it back up in January, new year and all, but here it is, June and still silent. 

My excuse for January, is that we both caught our very first confirmed case of Covid on Christmas day, and even though fully vaccinated, it took us both out for about a month. We also had the doctor prescribe Paxlovid, and we shudder to think how much worse it could have been. I frequently reminded us that at least we weren't on respirators. 

I have no excuse for the time period between February, and now.

However, Bill has been busy, Denali Rose has four lithium batteries installed now, and he has taken eight Trojan golf cart batteries off of the boat. It has been a long process to plan, diagram, purchase, install, and program.  He kept four Trojans onboard, as a back up just in-case.  You might know I call Bill, "the king of safety", as we always have backups, and spares. I won't even try to explain anything else about this  project, and I'm sure he'll want to do multiple posts about it himself, I've probably already got the facts wrong.

The "fun" of installation

Good labeling is the key.

My expertise is limited to, "they're a pretty yellow".

There are rescue ladders placed around the harbor, attached to the docks. They are there in case you fall in the water, you can swim to a ladder and get yourself out, self-rescue if no one is around. Recently the harbor staff pulled them out of the water to clean them off. 

Ouch

It's a good thing to have pulled them out, can you imagine trying to clamor onto this when you are wet, cold, and perhaps a bit scared? Those mussels have razor sharp edges, so now you'd be wet, cold, scared, muddy, and bleeding! (Can you say infection anyone?) The ladders have either been replaced, or pressure washed, and are now ready for your self-rescue. Good job harbor workers!

More to come, I promise I haven't forgotten you.

As always, we enjoy hearing from you, either here in comments or on our Facebook Denali Rose Sailboat page.