9-8-06 Friday - Actually this picture was taken at our departure from Santa Cruz showing us and daughter Elinore. But we have been in SB for a few days now and have sorted out all our rigging snafus. We now have all new halyards and spares for each. We met a fabulous rigger named Jon Payne that I can't recommend highly enough. Almost all of our currently identified teething problems are now sorted out. But I still have to get the autopilot wires rerouted. They were installed running right next to the battery cables that carry 45 amps when the alternator is charging. Naturally that interacts with the very weak signal coming from the electronic compass and running back to the autopilot computer. So the autopilot gets bogus data and steers 60 degrees off course when the batteries are being charged. The rest of the time it is fine. We can adjust for it, but once I move the wires, we should be where we should have been from the start. We are having a good time here, but are working hard on the boat and getting ready for the big party tomorrow. Hope all is well with y'all.
9-8-06 Friday - Actually this picture was taken at our departure from Santa Cruz showing us and daughter Elinore. But we have been in SB for a few days now and have sorted out all our rigging snafus. We now have all new halyards and spares for each. We met a fabulous rigger named Jon Payne that I can't recommend highly enough. Almost all of our currently identified teething problems are now sorted out. But I still have to get the autopilot wires rerouted. They were installed running right next to the battery cables that carry 45 amps when the alternator is charging. Naturally that interacts with the very weak signal coming from the electronic compass and running back to the autopilot computer. So the autopilot gets bogus data and steers 60 degrees off course when the batteries are being charged. The rest of the time it is fine. We can adjust for it, but once I move the wires, we should be where we should have been from the start. We are having a good time here, but are working hard on the boat and getting ready for the big party tomorrow. Hope all is well with y'all. 
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