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<\/p>\n6 September 2016 –<\/p>\n
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Have you ever wondered how many sailors it takes to change\/fix a lightbulb?
\nIt really depends on where that lightbulb is located. \u00a0In this instance the answer is 3.<\/p>\n
We noticed that our steaming light was not working anymore, and we needed to get that fixed before we plan any more nighttime excursions.<\/p>\n
The steaming light is a navigational light midway up the mast, and should be lit whenever the vessel is under power after dark so that other traffic can see us and identify that we are underway under power.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We didn’t understand how the LED bulb could be burned out already, and feared a bigger electrical problem. \u00a0We were pleasantly surprised and \u00a0very happy when, after loosening\u00a0the cover of\u00a0the light, Bob discovered that a piece of the plastic cover was broken and it had been dislodged. \u00a0This most likely occurred when the halyard had been\u00a0wrapped around the mast a few months ago. \u00a0(See 7 April Post)<\/a>. \u00a0Removing the broken piece, and re-securing the cover, the light is now operational. \u00a0Yes, not as water tight as it should be but operational.<\/p>\n Thanks again John and Daniel for your help.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 6 September 2016 – Have you ever wondered how many sailors it takes to change\/fix a lightbulb? It really depends on where that lightbulb is located. \u00a0In this instance the answer is 3. We noticed that our steaming light was not working anymore, and we needed to get that fixed before we plan any more … Continue reading How many sailors does it take to change a lightbulb?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"getting-ready\"](\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Getting-ready-300x225.jpg\")
With the help of dockmates Bob was made secure in the bosun chair, attached to a halyard (the line usually used to raise the sail) and hoisted up the mast. \u00a0![\"up-the-mast-2\"](\"http:\/\/dreamtime-sailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Up-the-mast-2.jpg\")
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