After a quiet morning in Woodpecker cove we raised anchor and motored into Wrangell where we were able to tie up to the dock
in the same spot as we did on 06/15/2013 when we were here last! Don from Pacific Storm is across the dock
from us again – it’s nice to see him.
This week the gill netters fish from Sunday noon 07/21/2013 until Thursday
07/25/2013 noon. So the harbor is full
of gill netters and seiners getting ready to fish.
The weather has changed a little – to partly cloudy and
mid-60’s. And we expect some chances of
rain. We’re keeping our fingers crossed
that the sun will be back before too long.
After settling in we headed up to the
library to use their internet and were introduced to the HS Math teacher by the
librarian. We are trying to calculate
just how much fuel our new diesel tanks hold and also how much fuel we actually
have left in the tanks today. The tanks
were built to fit into the side of the boat on either side of the engine – so
there are several different angles which complicates the math. They have "sight glasses" so we can see the level of the fuel in each tank, but I'm not sure how many gallons that is. We were thinking a high school or college
student would be able to help us with the math.
We had calculated what we thought was right but wanted to confirm that
our math was right. You know how it is -
- if you don’t use the math equations over time you forget them! LOL!
The math teacher was very nice and enjoyed the
challenge! The tanks hold 125 gallons each and we had about 40 gallons of fuel left when we arrived this afternoon. Definitely we will need more fuel to make it to
Ketchikan!
The math teacher also invited us to come out to his summer
camping site to join him and his friends for a Friday night potluck. If we can figure a way
to get out there we just might take him up on the invitation
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