August 01- 14, 2001 -- ISOTHERM - NOT A SYSTEM WE WOULD RECOMMEND

August 1- 14, 2001 -- ISOTHERM - NOT A SYSTEM WE WOULD RECOMMEND Kevin came by to check on the new freezer system. He dressed the lines in and we closed up the aft stateroom. Jim came out with the new door for the charger system. He installed it, and it looks great! In the evening, we checked the new freezer system and one of the compressors does not seem to be working! On August 2, we went into town and picked up a few things. It was extremely hot , so we stopped early and headed to KFC for lunch. We then hit the supermarket and came back to the boat and tried to stay cool for the rest of the day. On August 3, we ran a higher gauge wire to try and resolve some of the problems we are having with the DC freezer. While the voltage improved slightly, it did not help the performance of the freezer. We think there is a freon leek somewhere. In the evening, we went in to hear the steel band, then the jam session that followed that. On August 4, we took it easy most of the day, it was very hot again today. It will probley be that way for the rest of august, since we are less then 800 miles from the equator. We painted the coweling that Mike had been working on. Got a big run in the darn thing, we will need to fix that. Otherwise though, it looks good. On August 5, we started working on our interior varnish. It should look good in a few weeks after about 10 coats! August 6-8 were a repeat of the fifth. On August 9, we did everything we did on the 5th. Neil from Enza Marine came out to talk with us about the freezer issues we are having. He gave us the answers we were looking for. He told us that whether or not Isotherm warranteed the system, he would make sure that we had an operational system and a warrenty. In the evening, we headed over to Blind Date for sundowners. Jackobite, Full Montey, Masade, and Galadriel also attended. It was a fun evening. On August 10, we went back to sanding and varnishing. Kevin came out in the morning and stuck gauges on the freezer system. The system was extremely low on freon. He topped it off and we fired the system up again. On August 11-14, we continued working on varnish work