Faithful readers please know that we have not forgotten our duties to keep the lines of communication open. We have a lot of projects going on right now and we've been waiting for just one of them to finish before writing our newest installment. But, as many of you have read here before you can understand that things don't always go as planned. So we want to check in and let you know what we are doing right now and give you some previews on what you can expect to see in the near (we hope) future. 1. Major generator work. Cygnet is a 30 year old boat and her engines and generator are just as old. How many of you have a 30 year old car that starts and runs perfectly every time? Well Cygnet was having some generator issues toward the end of last season and we decided to have a proper mechanic check it out. Right now the generator looks like this: This doesn't look good. The mechanic (Tony's Marine Service) has taken the cylinder head and exhaust manifold off
Life aboard a boat in Chicago.