Sailing Just calm day 4-6 kn find and almost no waves on the bay, round trip sail 16 miles. Get out 4 year old grand daughter , older son and his wife. It was very hot day, we ended up switch AC on from inverter to let kid little fresh space to rest. After 3 hours we agreed to get back to dock to let family travel back home in reasonable time.Just pictures of other boats on the bay this day. Small things software Vibe-coded plugin for OpenCPN to show true wind on the map. Blue arrow shows wind on the map. Likely later I will add lee lines as well. Refrigerator Found it not switching on compressor. after 3 years small relay contacts inside the cheap thermostat fail. Looking dipper... likely fail is due to it is loaded with coil of 30A relay and likely that relay coil does not have fly back diode. Thermostat replaced, but still need to install one later. Electronics, Wind sensor When I came to boat I found the wind sensor...
Refitting and restoring a 47-year-old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally, this blog was created to motivate myself to continue this challenging project. It documents the DIY work step by step, done almost entirely single-handed. My goal is to make the boat seaworthy again, return her to salt water and sail. Sail more and sail seas.