Segwun at Sea: SY Segwun is back in the water!

SY Segwun went into the water yesterday after spending the last three months on the hard. We were able to get a fresh coat of paint on the bottom, polish the hull and start on the lacquer work. Jens fixed the bow thruster and had adjusted the propeller when she first came out of the water in May. So, in she went and the engine started without any problems. A great start! We headed over to the slip as we still have some other repairs to do before we set off to the San Blas for a week or two of enjoying paradise! This gave Jens enough time to see if the bow thruster was working again (2 thumbs up ... bow thruster is operational!) and to see if the propeller adjustment he made was correct (another 2 thumbs up).

Then came the nagging issues. Those ones that have been on our snag list for a long time. We secured spare parts over the summer to see if we can fix the thermostat for the freezer and get the generator to produce power. Jens started with the repairs to the generator with some doubts in his mind as to whether or not the new voltage regulator we bought would solve the problem. Well, it seemed not to work, so we parked the problem.

Then he and Christian installed the new thermostat and that too seemed to work, but not correctly. In the meantime, it was pouring rain and there was little for Anna and I to do other than tidy up the cabin. To make things even more difficult, the marina is without water since a couple of days now. A water main broke and they are in the process of repairing it. We were told it would be a couple of hours before we had water, but by the end of the day, it was still not running.

After a night of sleeping on the problems and an internet search by Christian, they returned to the boat with some ideas of how to fix the problems. I am happy to report that the thermostat for the freezer is now working! Hurray! The generator is still causing Jens some grief, but Fredrik has given us the name of a local contact that should be able to help us out if we really get stuck.

We decided to move onto the boat instead of commuting back and forth to Panama now that the boat is in the water and the air conditioners are working! It is hot like heck here - about 30C and 79% humidity (feels like 42C). The only problem is, we still don't have water. We thought we had been very clever in May when we decided to store the boat with a dry water tank rather than a full one. Which means, we have no water on the boat and have to fill our water jugs up at the Marina Hotel. They had expected to have the water back running today, but it is now 4PM and no sign of it yet. We now hear it could be another "day or two"!!! Washing and polishing the deck will have to wait a little longer.