{"id":439,"date":"2013-11-30T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2013-12-17T13:19:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T21:19:44","slug":"things-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"Things break"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-455\" alt=\"Quick wiring job so we could get our anchor down\/up\" src=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PC170917.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quick wiring job so we could get our anchor down\/up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-476\" alt=\"New Rocna held too well!  That piece of metal to the right of the roller should go straight like on the left.  It is heavy steel.\" src=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814-400x533.jpg 400w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04814.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Rocna held too well! That piece of metal to the right of the roller should go straight like on the left. It is heavy steel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday we sailed from Road Town Tortola over to Jost Van Dyke. Prior to departing we put sail tape on a tear we discovered in the sail. Hoping it will hold enough until we can locate some sail fabric for a proper repair. Upon arrival to Jost, \u00a0as we prepared to anchor we discovered that our remote for the anchor windlass would not work. So I idled the boat in a circle while P investigated. It seems that corrosion took place on the connector. After fiddling to fix it to no avail, P decided to remove the connector and hard wire it. \u00a0Was no fun in 25 gusting to 35 knot winds with 4 foot swell and wind chop &#8211; but it worked.<\/p>\n<p>An hour or so later, we were ready to try anchoring again. Now the problem was where, given that all the best spots were now taken and the wind decided to perk up to 25-35 knots. We found a spot, let the anchor down and had a wind gust turn the boat sideways just as the anchor took hold. This caused the anchor roller to bend. We&#8217;re talking about a heavy duty piece of steel. \u00a0With that being the third issue of the day, and stormy weather all around we reversed course and headed to Soper&#8217;s Hole to pick up a mooring ball for the night. Next thing we know is \u00a0large party cat moors behind us and proceeds to play loud party music from dusk until dawn. We are ready for some quiet. Tomorrow we will head to another island for a few days. We do have to be back at Soper&#8217;s Hole on Tuesday morning to be hauled for a bottom paint job and to install our new props.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-477\" alt=\"Soper's hole - one of many rainbows = rain\" src=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSC04812.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soper&#8217;s hole &#8211; one of many rainbows = rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s not all fun and games, but it is warm and that beats winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we sailed from Road Town Tortola over to Jost Van Dyke. Prior to departing we put sail tape on a tear we discovered in the sail. Hoping it will hold enough until we can locate some sail fabric for a proper repair. Upon arrival to Jost, \u00a0as we prepared to anchor we discovered that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/?p=439\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Things break&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svbluesky.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}