Sunday, July 7 Dena’s 1200-1230 half watch When I logged day 4, I hit the bottom of the page. That’s when I add those travels to the total distance we’ve traveled aboard Cetacea (since there isn’t an odometer on a boat like on a car). At 9631 nautical miles traveled and at least 566M to Praia on Santiago, Cabo Verde, we will be celebrating 10,000 nautical miles on this passage! I think it might come right as some intense winds die down, which sounds wonderful. It will be nice if we can have a special meal. We have no alcohol aboard, so it won’t be a toasting occasion. Maybe we’ll celebrate again when we get to Praia! Dena’s 1700-1800 watch I spent the two previous watches putting ideas on paper. Actual paper! I sketched out the new instrument panel I want to build and made all my measurements. I now know how big a piece of thin plywood we’ll need. It will only have three things on it… These three instruments are all largish and they’re going to take up most of the aft bulkhead to starboard of the companionway. Only the chartplotter is there now. The other two are in the footwell where they’re well-nigh useless. They are plugging holes, though. The motor display is where the diesel engine’s instrument panel used to be and the compass is where the engine’s stop pull was. The stop pull space is a recess molded into the fiberglass and I think it’s a good place for a hard point, as we say in the trade when we are in the mood for sexual innuendo and even the word hard will do. With proper backing support, a solid eye bolt will be a good tether attachment while underway. Nomad had two in the[…]
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