After a long day on the water yesterday, we decided to stay in Brakey Bay for another night.
We were anchored in 20ft of water about 100ft from shore.
The water was sooo clear that we could see everything on the bottom.
Lots of swimming and paddle boarding:
We went for a dingy ride around the bays:
Trip End: 12:12pm
Trip Length: 5.2 miles
Average Speed: 4.4 knots
Max Speed: 17.8 knots
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Last night at dusk a large maybe 120ft Coast Guard ship anchored off the tip of Wolfe Island.
I thought this was brilliant: a lift railway system to get down to the water from the cottage.
I spent much of the afternoon installing an AIS transponder on The Beckoning.
We ran a Raymarine SeaTalk NG cable from the VHF to the cockpit chart plotter.
Had to take a bunch of access panels off, crawl into the back locker, feeding the cable away from the steering quadrant, through an access panel in the aft bedroom up to the cockpit table where the chart plotter is mounted. Was a PITA, but we got it done.
Walter hooked up the AIS unit to power and mounted the box behind the breaker panel.
The unit would not start transmitting AIS data until you register an MMSI number with government.
Also discovered that Raymarine E series chart plotters will NOT accept AIS data over SeaTalk NG from 3rd party AIS units! Only from the Raymarine AIS units which are double the price!
Will only accept it from NMEA 0183: Frig the Friggin Frick!
We will have run another cable and register for an MMSI number for it to work.
That would be for another day.
Oh well time for some more swimming
We had yet another BBQ dinner on The Beckoning, and enjoyed yet another breathtaking susnet:
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