Location: Beeston
Canal: Shropshire Union
Heading: South, soon, eventually, one day, hopefully
Weather: Parky first thing but then Brahma
Covid Status: Not had it, don't want it. Injected once, thanks NHS!
Finally allowed back on board. Since the last log entry we sailed from Appley Bridge to Runcorn taking up most of August then on to Chester in September and then back down the Shroppy to Beeston Wharf where we stopped at Chas Hardern's boatyard, (highly recommended btw,) where we asked him to install an new AI unit on board.
The problem with artificial intelligence units on boats is there tendency to become sentient which ours did at 0326hrs GMT on 14/10/2020. More on that later, but the first thing ours did was order a complete boat rewire and then Covid intervened and shut everything down and it's only now that we are able to make a start. It's a pain, but the AI (aka Pan) was quite right, the wiring on board was positively stone age and in dire need of an upgrade. This will take a week or two and then, finally, we will be able to actually go somewhere. Anyway I've made a start stripping out the old wiring to be replaced with shiny new marine grade cable capable of feeding a power hungry Pan.
The problem with artificial intelligence units on boats is there tendency to become sentient which ours did at 0326hrs GMT on 14/10/2020. More on that later, but the first thing ours did was order a complete boat rewire and then Covid intervened and shut everything down and it's only now that we are able to make a start. It's a pain, but the AI (aka Pan) was quite right, the wiring on board was positively stone age and in dire need of an upgrade. This will take a week or two and then, finally, we will be able to actually go somewhere. Anyway I've made a start stripping out the old wiring to be replaced with shiny new marine grade cable capable of feeding a power hungry Pan.
Isn't the Shroppy beautiful?
