11 Jul 21

We were up at the crack of 08:30 and enjoyed a nice, warm breakfast. About 11:00, we got going and moved over to the fuel dock to fill up the gerry can, top up the tank and pump out the H/Ts; but, it was a bit of a struggle to get it all done as they are not very well set up for the pump-out. We finally got away from Edmonds just after noon. We motored across Puget Sound to Port Madison, but it was crowded and full of yacht-club types, so we moved on through the Agate Passage and over to Manzanita Bay, which was very nice. We had the hook down, deploying the new anchor snubber, by 14:18. Just in time to watch the Astros score 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to come from behind and beat the damn Yankees 8-7, including a 3-run walk-off homer by ALTUVE!!!! Go Stros!!! After we settled in, I executed a trial hook-up of the new spot-light and remote controller - it all works. Then, I did the preparation for the mounts for both the horn button and the spotlight remote controller on the binnacle. Tomorrow, we will pull the wires from the binnacle to the electrical panel. Dinner aboard during a very pleasant evening in Manzanita Bay.

Log = 14.0, Sum = 84.24; 47-40.303’N, 122-34.067’W; Eng. hrs = 2.4, Sum = 2751.0

12 Jul 21

Wow, another day shot. We decided to stay put in lovely Manzanita Bay to finish off the horn installation. I thought it might take until lunch to finish pulling in the wires and terminating the new horn and control (along with the power for the wireless spotlight controller). Naturally, it took all day long; I finally finished tidying up at 18:30. We decided to mount the new horn on the port side dorade box, as it will be out of the way from sheets and other lines and as this looked like a relatively short cable run from the electrical panel. In the end, I had to remove all of the ceiling panels, drill a large hole through a fiberglass bulkhead and do some fancy fishing to get the wire from the electrical panel to the horn location. Pulling the wires from the electrical panel to the binnacle was relatively easy, by comparison, as we have done this dance before. Anyway, we finally got ‘er done and the horn works just great. Proper “ah-oo-gah” sound should get the attention of any recalcitrant motor vessels or anyone zipping around in a fog. Only the power cable for the spotlight left to do; we will leave this for another day, as I need to obtain a waterproof gland to run the cable through. The Admiral whipped up another delicious meal, which we grilled up on board.