Why is nothing simple, part II

Right. I have my new alternator, 72a and almost the same dimensions as the last. $270. Does it fit? Pretty close, actually. All I'll need to do is cut away a small piece of the old bracket, cut out some bulkhead in the engine bay, find a bigger fan belt and rewire the thing. A pretty good result, given we've asserted already that nothing is simple on a boat.

On a different subject, and relating to my last post, I have the hump with this life for the moment, so my trip to Queensland will be sans boat. Old Kalitsah and I will both profit from some time apart, I imagine.

Meanwhile things go on as they do. I have my batteries back after their rather pricey sojourn to the clinique, and they're just as temperemental as ever. They'll run a radio ok, but my auto pilot, itself a fair investment, remains useless without the power to run it. A beautiful paperweight it does though make. I hope, when the alternator gets going, the battewries will be shocked into behaving. 72a should do it, if anything will.