Electrical problem solved

After disconnecting all batterys, and load testing them I found the bow thruster battery was bad and was draining the house batterys.
Off to Napa store for a new battery. I can now run the inverter all night without killing the battery.
Had a great day yesterday. Took the boat for water and then gave the boat a good run out to the lighthouse to many jelly fish  for a swim. O-well next time water a little cold anywhey 76deg guess I am getting spoiled.
new update my johnson outboard craped out yesterday  and I had to get a tow back to the mothership. Good thing I have a spare outboard.
Have a great New Year

Cold Beer saves Friends

Well Tony and his wife Lelah came to visit from Moncton yesterday, We had lunch and a couple of beers, It was great to see them on Boxing day. Where as Tony is a pilot and his wife is taking lesson they decided to go over to the airport and take a flight on a bi-plane that charters. Because there was another couple waiting and the wait was going to be an hour. Tony got the taste for another beer and returned to Dockside.While sitting enjoying our second round we heard a plane fly over very low. Well it crashed off Sombrero beach no more then a mile from were we are. No one was hurt all three were rescued.
Well if they had waited they would have been on that plane. The Crash can be seen on youtube.
Good thing Tony enjoyes a cold beer

Birthday down south

Well let me tell you a December b-day has not been fun, cold snow, freezing rain etc. But after 53 years I spent my b-day on the BEACH swimming and sunning. Then to dockside for a special dinner. Well the friends and staff had a good time planed and I enjoyed my self. Despite all the boat problems it was a great day.

Boat For Sale

Tried of this, one problem after another, Just call it scott luck. Saturday 2,27pm my generator decided it had enough and quit. Well into the {as I now call it} HOLE I must go again.
First check the simple things oil, water, change fuel filter still not working. Well three weeks ago we charged the water temperature switch and I have a spare oil pressure switch so I though that might be the problem.
Well as most of you no that when things are made in Japan they become very small it goes for my generator as well. The pressure switch cannot be removed without taking the new oil filter off. several hours new switch installed and you guessed it nothing notta XXXX Dam you no what was said.
Decide to start the main engine to charge the batterys and guess what the engine started for all of 5 seconds and quit. I tried it several more times and it would  not start. Sooooooooooooo
Phone call to super Kendall
Sunday morning the Dam fridge getting warm Batterys voltage down to 9.8 v something must have been left on.
Super Kendall arrives at 11am and we go to work. First problem decovered was a fuel line leak behind the main engine. Super kendall starts to work on the Generator and by 2pm we are running again. By-passed the switche's rewired the fuel pump along with other things that I don't understand.
So as of Today I am waiting to see if my batterys are xxxx or not. Will know by tomorrow, the generator does not seem to be putting out the total amperage will know better tomorrow.
SO AS I SAY BOAT FOR SALE
But not quit yet
So You want to be a live aboard

What a Party

Will last night Dockside hosted the annunal lited boat parade, Some of the pictures are dark but they really go all out. Great time had by all.

IT'S NOT FUNNY ANY MORE

Another day of sun, woke up to a low voltage alarm on the inverter, Yes another electrical problem.
Started the generator and let it charge for 2 hours but the amp charge did not come down. So into the hole I must go. {no sense calling it a engine room} Engine room implies that thinks work. Will my D4 battery was smoking, hissing,spitting so out it must go. I spend the next 2 hour disconnecting it and rewiring the two remaining battery's, and off to the auto parts store again for new terminals etc. I figure that the dam fridge that Carol purchased for the boat because she wanted a large stand-up fridge has cost me $4000.00 in battery's inverters, electrician's, wiring etc. That could have bough a lot of ice. O-well next problem its going overboard.
Needless to say my Landry did not get done.
Just another live aboard day

What Next

Will when thing start going wrong they just continue and continue. Tuesday moring my computer decided that it had enough and stopped working, will of to the repair shop.  While waiting you my computor to be repaired, my phone decideds that it has had enough as well. The closes w-mart is 100 miles away so I had to take it to a phone repair shop and hope to have it back today. Two days repair on the computer $75.00 phone ?

On the brighter side did get my boat decorated for xmas all lite up. Will try to get better ones over the weekend