Projects - Air Breeze, Garmin Drive A auto pilot, stern chain etc - 2012

Mid December 2012 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico

 While here the last couple days we have re-coated the teak cockpit grate with Teak Wonder. Cleaning the great out on the dock then applying the product.

 We have been trouble shooting the AirBreeze wind generator with a multimeter as we have the dock to work with for bring the tower down.

 We have made good progress on the very important GHC 10 class A under deck autopilot. We had to remove the propane locker and clean out both lazeretts. We or Debbie climbed down in and checked it all out. She took measurements of the Drive ram while I turned the wheel.

 

We found a loose nut and a blown fuse. The fuse was not blown before Chacala so we are not sure about that. Any way we got the info and WiFi so we have been talking to Garmin. We actually got the dock side wizard to run successfully. We think now with the tighten of the nut we will ready for the sea side wizard and it will be off and running again!

 We have been working with Bob on Nirvana with our ICOM802 SSB radio so we can get the Amigo and Southbound nets among others. We have been off on times and some operator dialing in issues. We have been listing to the local net from Nuevo Vallarta and La Cruz  are also.

Also worked on a slew of small projects.

 

We cut the stern anchor chain down to 8’ from 20’ using the Dremel on the dock. We also washed down the road using the unlimited fresh water😁

Also we have gotten our temp TIP and are about ready to apply for our FM3 not called that now but anyway we have been busy.

We have been evaluating the area and think this is the lace for us to Summer over at.

We are having a real hard time uploading videos. The WiFi is just not broad enough most of the time no matter where we are now.