I removed an electrical part for cleaning.
A wire sparked
and later I noticed my battery monitor was dark. It stayed that way after I cleaned and reconnected the part.
I traced the wire from the back of the monitor in the control panel, through the bulkhead to the engine compartment, and into an electric box. And there it was: a blown fuse.
Fuse replaced (2 for £1.09). Battery monitor works. It says: 14.40.
I have been quite happy with /e/os on my #fairphone #FP3 the last few years - but it is beginning to deteriorate lately, with more and more apps not being able to run. #mobilepay for one, but now also #garmin #navionics #boating - since last update it will not show my location, it keeps asking for permission - which it already have. I can downgrade for now, but it is not really a viable solution I believe. So what to do? I really dislike the idea of having to install #google play services :(
I believe we really need an alternative #mobile os. A truely google free android would be fine with me for now, while a more navtive #linux becomes feasible and commercial/public app providers realizes that there is a need for #flatpak releases.
Spring is here. No more freezing weather, so I can refill the water tank and plumbing, and start the spring cleaning.
All winter, I've been filling a 5-litre water dispenser for drinking water. I've been using the toilet block to keep me and the dishes clean. Now I can do all that on board again.
The water tank has a stainless steel flange and cap which unscrews. A standard garden hose (or hose pipe) fills the water tank.
#wildrover continues and we're now on my dock, Y dock, where I've made the best Black and Tan ever (Raised by Wolves with Guinness and green edible glitter). Cheers to spring and the start of the #boating season!
#boatlife #washingtondc #dmv
This #WildRover party is about to get started ... with a custom-made drink tower by one of Y dock's most talented residents, filled with "mermaid tears," a rum-based drink 
#boatlife #washingtondc #boating #dmv
Water holds a natural attraction to humans.
A group of children have approached the canal and suddenly they flow toward the edge. Their teacher shouts angrily to call them back.
But it's WATER…! Of course these kids want to run up to the edge, to see it, to throw things in (and to make a splash!), to wade down the boat ramp.
Yesterday we burned socks as part of an old maritime tradition to welcome spring. We were also treated to a beautiful sunset.
I did some more work on the book. I brought today's word count total up to 6200. I know that seems like a lot, but it was mostly importing the text of existing blog posts and trimming them down a little. I think I'll be able to do a lot more trimming in the morning. Here's the photo I finished up with: Sunset at Peoria IL on October 24, 2022. I don't think this photo will work well in the B&W print version of the book, but it'll be in the ebook. #writing #boating
While using the Internet to determine whether lockmaster -- the person who controls a lock on a waterway -- is one word or two (it's one), I stumbled upon this great info piece about going through inland waterway locks (which happens to be what I'm writing about now):
This will be interesting for boaters: the section of the navigable channel next to the American Airlines Flight 5342 and Black Hawk crash site has been permanently marked "no wake."
Undoubtedly, many boaters will not be accustomed to slower travel in this section of the river.
Sailing on the Gooimeer | FUJIFILM X-T4 XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR (1/300 | f/11 | ISO 160)
46 days ago, we plowed a furrow to enter the Myakka River past the South Gulf Cove lock. Water was about a 0.9’ above low water.
I’ve been dreading the return for almost 7 weeks. Today, water was 1.3’ above low water. And rising all the way to 1.4’. We drifted through without a problem.
What. A. Relief. (And a testament to learning to wait for the higher tides under the full moon.)
@mlanger
Indeed! I well remember the days of rolls of #blackandwhite #film loaded into a #Kodak #Brownie #camera.
That gave you 8 pictures which you had to choose carefully as the whole roll would have to last a week, and you wouldn't see the results, grainy 3" x 2" prints, till after you got home and had taken the film to be developed at the local chemists shop.
Typical examples from my early teenage years at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/canals/1963llangollen.php
Yesterday's fallow canal section was a 10-minute walk. Half already has the water restored. The weir (in the previous post) is in good shape because volunteers worked on it. The dry canal bed still looks bad. See the photo ALT text.
What's involved to undo a 1950s decision to stop maintaining a canal, sell off adjacent land, fill it in, and build roads on it? You can read about the challenges on the work-crew blog:
https://lhcrt.org.uk/category/blogs/
1700s canal engineers tried various weir designs. This one's circular. Excess water flowed down the channel and over the perfectly horizontal ring of bricks, to drain away.
Sadly, this is part of an orphaned section of canal that is now fallow.
Happily, there's a group of Lichfield volunteers rebuilding this canal and its locks, to reconnect it to the Birmingham Canal Network. It'll take years because two roads were built across the land.
A wooden boat is docked in a calm body of water with a sailboat visible in the distance at Humber Bay in Toronto, Ontario. The scene is set against a backdrop of lush greenery and a few buildings under a bright sky.
#BuyIntoArt #HumberBay #Toronto #Ontario #Boating #lush
https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/humber-bay-park-in-toronto-ontario-2-john-twynam.html
So now here is my question. The chain gets marked with spray paint at 25 foot intervals: red, white, blue, gold, repeat. Because this red whipping is right around the hundred foot mark, it should be marked gold. But the people who use the boat should understand that there is 100 feet of chain so marking there shouldn't be necessary at all. But do you think that they are dumb enough to think that the red whipping line is a red marking? Should I paint over it with gold spray paint? #boating
The true test of this solution is seeing whether it will get through my windlass. With luck, I'll be able to establish that tomorrow. Today I need to mark the chain and ride with oil based spray paint that I finally found and let it dry overnight. #boating
One of my maintenance tasks for the boat was to resolve a fraying line problem where my anchor chain connects to the rest of the ride. I did some research on this and decided that whipping the frayed area would stop the fraying. The regular whipping twine was too thin for this job, so I got some 3/32 Tactical cord. This is my first attempt at whipping and I think I whipped it good.
#boating
