Early this morning [for me] I went down to the boat and did some cleaning up and measuring lengths for extra wires. While I was there Tim phoned about the places on the deck that cleaning off the old Treadmaster the wire brush had gone through the gelcoat and was showing the resin of the fibreglass. We shall have to re-gelcoat those areas.
After lunch Tim and I went looking for batteries. I am installing a Sterling Power charging and power management system on King Malu and according to Sterling Power we don't need expensive Gel batteries but need a charging system that looks after sealed wet cells well. We shall have to see.
The cost of sealed batteries here varied from 100-150 euros each approx, so going for the cheaper ones and letting the charger sort it out will save approx 200 euros on the cost of the new batteries.
Well, actually we went looking first for face masks. The face masks and safety goggles we had been using for cleaning the antifouling off the hull were not effective enough and on Saturday Tim had dust in his eyes and they stung like anything. Sunday no better, so now find total seal goggles!
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