We were supposed to leave today. And we were saying our goodbyes to everyone yesterday. We were even having our final leaving beer at the local bar with our friends John and Ivy from Ruby Slippers. During the beer, John was lamenting that he was having difficulty getting help to do mast head work. He was having problems with the masthead lights and the eagles in Sitka wiped out their wind instruments. Mark made some suggestions and just enough beer was flowing that we quickly came to an agreement they would give us money for the moorings and a little extra if we would stay another week. So we have. This morning Mark checked the wiring and found one bad wire. That was connected and he headed up the mast. Unfortunately the light still didn’t work. He checked voltages at the light and they were there. So we disconnected the light and brought it down to test the light in a darker place in case we could not cover the photosensor well enough. Once down we confirmed it was the light itself that was faulty and a new one is ordered. There is a two day hold on things while we wait for parts to arrive.
The weather is still not favorable so our delay is not hurting us and the staff here at the marina have been sensational, so our delay with the ability to help friends is kind of a no brainer.
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