Elise Health Update

• Elise got a new marine friendly lock (last key was lost) + a blue floating key ring
  
• V-berth cleaned of all mildew and de-salted with fresh water + treated with mildew blocker (I question the effectiveness of that though frankly, there's mildew every year after the rainy season!!!)
  
• Connections in the V-berth all cleaned (with sand paper and sometimes with specific electrical cleaner), in particular, terminals for the large battery
• Fixed auto-pilot 2 (+ node was not connected to the bus)
• Fixed 'comp', cigarette lighter (+ node not connected to the bus) and confirmed that it can charge up the VHFs
• Connected steaming light
  
• Put correct labels on the switches of the instrument panel so they become meaningful
  
• Checked all switches: deck-level navigation lights, mast head light, VHF, GPS, autopilot, comp
• install stereo (but the circuit breaker looks corroded and defective so may have to try again
• re-charged small battery which in turn fixed Nick's problem. tried autopilot again and it worked fine
• Bought a second instrument panel but not installed yet. Trying to move individual circuit breakers into a more durable solution
• Picked V-berth light (above the stove) to see if it can be fixed. One of the terminals for the batteries is not working. Checked all other connections and those work. As circuit is broken, light does not work
• Check compass light and cut off the current LED - totally corroded. That still needs to be fixed
• Re-sealed everything I could on the port side, as there clearly was a leak - although not clear what the cause of the leak is
• Bought accessory to the stereo so it can be used with iPod
• fixed holder for VHF mic
• bought knee-pads to reduce the number of bruises on my legs (I look like a battered woman when I am back from a day of racing...)
• took home toolbox for inventory, to make sure that it is complete and helpful
• bought more electrical spares (connectors mainly)
• found some dead weight on board (speaker wire) and removed it

feels good :)