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We woke to a nice clear day and enjoyed our morning coffee while watching the junior sail class have some fun. After coffee we decided to tackle the radar issue and took the radome apart to see if we could determine thew problem. after a bit of messing around we got the unit functioning momentarily only to blow the inline fuse for the chart plotter which the radar is powered through. After making a few phone calls I learned that we would need a 15 amp fuse to accommodate the extra power required by the radar, but where d you get fuses in Lahave. We put everything back together and headed to shore to meet the folks, sign in and go for a walk up to the famous Lahave river bakery about 3 miles away. After checking in at the LRYC I asked a person on the deck if he knew where I might be able to score a fuse or two and his response was "let me check my boat and I,ll see what I can find". Sure enough 15 minutes later Steve arrived back with the fuses required and we were all set ( the community spirit shared by sailor never fails to amaze me and is one of the great things about sharing the water with others. Our walk took a bit longer than expected and we were a good three hours up to the bakery and back, however we made it back to the club in time for happy hour and to watch the start of their Tuesday night races. After a cold drink and the best fish and chips in the world (no kidding and only order the one piece it could feed two) we headed back to the boat to see if we could get the radar fired up. We installed the 15 amp fuse and much to our delight we now had a working radar, sweet.Accoring to some of the club members Port Mouton was a good anchorage on the way to Shelburne so we made plans to head in that direction the next morning.
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