Had you told me on December 3rd we’d still be in Brasilia I’d have despaired. However with some weeks left to go I am holding my own. We are hoping to be in the road February first driving to Iguazu Falls on the border with Paraguay and Argentina. Some days that goal seems ambitious but yesterday Alessandro assured us he intends to be finished on the 23rd. That would give us a week to clean inside and out and sort out our new storage systems. We are getting some drawers.
On the left we have a slide out trash can and below it is our new two gallon gray water tank to catch what comes out of the sink. On the right our troublesome large drawer has been cut down into two. Layne is happy.
The two gallon gray waterctabknreplacesxthdcunder chassis tank we used to have which hit every rock in the road until we got to Panama and removed it. That left us draining to the ground which though it’s only sink water was aesthetically unappealing especially sleeping on city streets or in campgrounds where I had to wield a bucket. This way we can easily vent it in a toilet or down a suitable drain.
The electrical system is coming along with the wiring ready to receive our new appliances. We have new bus bars and new control boxes for solar energy and the alternator and they are installing a new 220/110 volt automatic selector to cope with any shore power we may plug into. Up next is the arrival of the solar panels expected by Wednesday. Two 430 watt panels should give us plenty of power in sunny South America. 
Alessandro (on the left) is confident he can meet his January 23rd deadline so we are keeping our fingers crossed as he installs a new 12 volt compressor into our fridge to replace the 110 volt original and he’s also building a frame to house our Starlink antenna in the roof. It seems a lot but he isn’t worried. Meanwhile we live in our apartment and plan a deep clean for GANNET2 before we retire our lives onboard. I hate hoarding stuff so this will be an opportunity to clear stuff out which is a bonus.
I have been having some difficulty uploading photographs after my iPhone downloaded a cursed update. I think I’ve solved the problem with one more workaround using Chrome for the blog instead of Safari. If there was any doubt I’ll never use Artificial Intelligence on this page as mine own seems barely enough as it is.
