Sunny Tug Returns to Shore, Upgrades and Repairs, and Shipping to Chicago
Friday, August 2, 2019
This is an update on the crazy last couple of days since we returned Sunny Tug to Winter Island Yacht Yard on Tuesday, July 30.
I had a list of 18 items that needed to be looked at based on our shakedown cruise. The two biggies were the electrical system problems and the AIS (Automatic Identification System) not working.
Here is a good write up on the West Marine website of how AIS works.
The original plan was that Sunny Tug would be picked up Thursday, August 1 to start the transport to Chicago. She actually left on Saturday morning, but Roland Hanes, the trucker, thinks he can still get to Chicago on Monday.
It was a long, and at times crazy, couple of days. It was good getting to help out with some of the work at the yard, so I could learn a bit more about my boat but it was also tiring. Thankfully, the heat that we first had when I arrived in Salem had eased a bit, though it was still quite humid.
I stayed in the historic Salem Inn, that is comprised of three separate houses. I was in Curwen House, built in 1854. Thankfully, the air conditioning system is a bit newer than that!
Most of the tasks on the list such as: reinstalling the recovered helm seat, fixing an engine alarm, reinstalling the radio that had been removed to add an MMSI number, etc. have been completed.
However, the problem with the house circuit still continuing to easily trip has not been resolved and the newly installed AIS unit is still not working properly. Peter has sent that in for replacement, and it will have to be shipped to me somewhere on the Loop. My hope is that I can receive it before leaving Chicago.
I did finally get to see a little bit of Salem, with a visit to the "Witch House" that was just up the road from my hotel. This is the last surviving building that had anything to do with the witch trials of 1692 and was the home of the Judge Johnathan Corwin who sentenced 19 people to death. The house provides interesting information both about the atmosphere surrounding the trials and about the challenges of daily life in that period.
I also had a fun dinner companion one evening.
I was also working on updating the Garmin Chartplotter software, which had given us some difficulties during the shakedown cruise and also cleaning and securing the boat. One the good side the view from my "office" was nice!
This is an update on the crazy last couple of days since we returned Sunny Tug to Winter Island Yacht Yard on Tuesday, July 30.
I had a list of 18 items that needed to be looked at based on our shakedown cruise. The two biggies were the electrical system problems and the AIS (Automatic Identification System) not working.
Here is a good write up on the West Marine website of how AIS works.
The original plan was that Sunny Tug would be picked up Thursday, August 1 to start the transport to Chicago. She actually left on Saturday morning, but Roland Hanes, the trucker, thinks he can still get to Chicago on Monday.
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| Roland unloading a new Ranger Tug in preparation for loading Sunny Tug |
It was a long, and at times crazy, couple of days. It was good getting to help out with some of the work at the yard, so I could learn a bit more about my boat but it was also tiring. Thankfully, the heat that we first had when I arrived in Salem had eased a bit, though it was still quite humid.
I stayed in the historic Salem Inn, that is comprised of three separate houses. I was in Curwen House, built in 1854. Thankfully, the air conditioning system is a bit newer than that!
Most of the tasks on the list such as: reinstalling the recovered helm seat, fixing an engine alarm, reinstalling the radio that had been removed to add an MMSI number, etc. have been completed.
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| Wagner (L) and Koyla (R) working on installing a new antenna for the AIS |
I did finally get to see a little bit of Salem, with a visit to the "Witch House" that was just up the road from my hotel. This is the last surviving building that had anything to do with the witch trials of 1692 and was the home of the Judge Johnathan Corwin who sentenced 19 people to death. The house provides interesting information both about the atmosphere surrounding the trials and about the challenges of daily life in that period.
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| Salem is certainly into the Witch theme! |
I also had a fun dinner companion one evening.
I was also working on updating the Garmin Chartplotter software, which had given us some difficulties during the shakedown cruise and also cleaning and securing the boat. One the good side the view from my "office" was nice!
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| View from the Office Window |
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| A Skipper's work is never done! |
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