We had a productive day on Lark with lots of help from Dad and Len.
- emptied the collection bowl in the Racor
- cleaned out the fridge in preparation to fix up all the divots in the insulation
- sanded and oiled teak on the front half of the boat
- diagnosed fridge and A/C issues as likely due to low voltage (11.6V) from the house bank
- found that the solar charge controller is not connected to the battery bank
- found that the starting battery has very low voltage (2.5V), but that we could get the starter to turn over by switching the battery selector to 1+2
- removed most of the lettering for the old hailing port
- probed 18V coming from the solar array
Here's an incomplete short-term todo list:
- diesel inspection before launch
- find bilge pumps and figure out how to work them
- fix 2 leaky cockpit locker lids
- epoxy fridge
- get fridge and A/C working
- finish teak
- clean the deck and cockpit
- wire up solar charging
- find water tank
- shock water system
- lifeline netting (measure, order, install)
