Mar. 27, 2008 - weather again...

In an effort to turn this into a repetition of last years "lets whinge about the house not selling" blog, I thought that this year, i'd try the "whinge about the weather" blog instead....!

Forecast for the weekend is rubbish again.... perhaps slighly warmer (but not much) and strong to gale fore winds..... sigh...

On a more positive note, we managed to source a 15" LCD TV for the boat for under a £100, and a seperate articulating arm to mount it for £25.... not sure exactly where to position it yet.... the easy option is on the bulkhead, but thats not ideal for sitting positions.... so may try and fit it above the chart table... the works much better for the seating plan, and also opens up the possibility of turning it around for use as a plotter screen.... not sure if the arm is long enough yet though.... need to take a better look with the television on board

Its a 240V version.... over £200 cheaper than the 12V version.... I figured that with a decent inverter/charger combi being about £370, and with an ebay opportunity to sell the current Cetrek charger as a contribution towards the cost, that makes more sense... as we can then use the microwave away from shore power, and save the gas... and besides... i'm not sure that I trust a television to run on a 12V supply from the boat as it can vary from anywhere between about 11.5V to 14V.....

For the TV aerial, we have a second VHF antenna up the mast.... this terminates at the chart table in a F series plug....  I sourced an F series to TV style adaptor... so a trial to see how well that works.... not sure that a VHF antenna is really optimum for a TV signal, but its got to be better than nothing!.... not sure why there is a second VHF aerial up the mast in the first place though.... hardly an emergency spare if they are both at the masthead!... Maybe it isn't a VHF aerial!.. i'll leave it in place if it is though, as it might make a future useful aerial for an AIS unit...

So we sit here waiting on the weather to break into early spring sunshine....