second day of car hire, more winding roads with precipitous drops… but at least there were fences. We did a bush walk, (one kilometre) and ended the day at an extraordinary bit of coast, nice black rock, cliffs, sea. A memorial cross on the cliff, and banana plantations behind brick walls and covered in plastic. It's like an industrial wasteland but you know there are bananas growing inside, and even spotted a bunch of cows through one open door.
Working on the boat between touristing.. grey water pump gave up, and (as we hadn't closed the stopcock) on the same day siphoned a good portion of Atlantic into the shower bay. I've installed a siphon breaker and another pump, so that's all dandy now. Had a wonderful success with the auto-pilot. The blown mosfets have been impossible to obtain, so after much consultation (thanks Russell) I bought the only mosfets available in Las Palmas, despite their somewhat different specs. Filed, bent and squeezed them into the circuit board, held my breath and…. the wheel spins, we have auto-pilot again. It may not last but it was a mighty victory!
Anne and Sabine fly out very soon, but I'll be stuck here for another week on current forecast. Winds are not going our way. It's not a major problem, it's very nice here, just that we are meeting people in Martinique, and we hope not to keep them waiting!
White gums??
ReplyDeleteGood work on the mosfets
Steve