Tim, Daniel and I went down to King Malu around 5pm to look at some settings on the motor. When we arrived we found Ken and Loius had put the battery box (a significant metal structure for 8 deep discharge batteries) into the saloon. So we thought we would see if it fitted. Ken and Louis had not done this because the motor controller was in the way and would need unwiring.
Bofore fitting the battery box we wanted to test the new settings we had been emailed for the motor. Sadly they were slower than the ones the previous day. Hmmm... not going well.
So we unwired the controller and fitted, or tried to fit, the battery box. Two of the struts from the main frame for the motor and battery boxes were too long and so it would not fit. We called Ken and Louis and they came to look. Tomorrow we would need to cut away some of the main frame.
Then we looked at the alignment of the prop shaft. It looked good, but two problems were noticed. Firstly the thread of one of the bolts was screwed up and would need retapping and secondly Louis noticed that the connection from the motor flange to the universal joint could be improved for alignment, indeed, should be improved and he wished he had noticed this before. Oh well... another step forward for another day.
While this was happening Daniel was doing a turks head knot on the stern hand rail. There is a flap in the hand rail for people to come on and off the boat. Because it has a steel catch it tends to scratch the teak varnishing. So the tucks head knot will stop it banging.
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