As seems to happen around here I ran into the refrigeration guy at the store today and he told me he has another shop that might do a better job of troubleshooting what the problem is. So he took the compressor and is off with it until who knows when.

But from the sounds of the e-mails I’m getting this compressor is dead. So we’ll see soon enough.

Welders came out and put the finished davits on the boat. They’re robust to say the least. The two-hundred forty pound guy did a pull up on them and they didn’t budge. And when I put all my weight into them pushing from the side I can’t get even a centimeters movement. Exactly what I wanted.

I’ve still got to rig it and lift the dinghy to see how it will actually fit up there. From the looks of it the hooks may be too far back, and I think I might like a small cleat on each one as well. But we’ll see about all of that tomorrow. As of right now though I am pleased with what we’ve built. Total cost for those who are wondering what this sort of thing runs down here, nine hundred bucks.

Hung out tonight with some friends who are getting ready to cross the Pacific with their two kids, four and seven years old. I have to admit that the thought of crossing an ocean with the kids seems daunting right now, but then so does taking a shower, so…

I just have to remind myself that crossing oceans is something that Ali and I did together all the time with little to no planning, crap food onboard, and nothing but the two of us for entertainment. So I’m sure that, once we were a couple days out past the point of no return, the rhythm of the sea, and of two screaming hyper kids would just take over and the passage itself would be no more or less daunting than before. Just different.