Thinking About Loading the Nimble onto the Trailer!

It's time to retrieve the trailer from Lawrence's yard. The trailering light bar project is completed. The harness was a few feet short, so we made an extension. We're not sure  the cord for the electric winch is long enough, but if necessary, we can make an extension for it. (Ed. Note: the cord is long enough!)

Lawrence was kind enough to pick us up at Bahia Honda. We retrieved the truck and invited Lawrence and Ann to meet us at the Wharf for lunch. They accepted and we had a delightful two hour lunch with them. We enjoyed their company so much, we didn't want to say good-bye! Ultimately we diid exchanges good-bye hugs and hand shakes with promises to keep in touch We especially want to let them know what we're doing with their boat.

After lunch, we retrieved the trailer and headed back to Bahia Honda. The showers we experienced during lunch turned into a steady rain for much of the afternoon. We passed the time by rehearsing the boat retrieval procedures that we'll employ at the ramp tomorrow morning.

The rain stopped about a hour before sunset, so we had an opportunity to test the trailer light bar and the electric trailer winch. As for the winch, it worked fine. The cord was just long enough to run from the passenger side battery located in the front of the vehicle under the hood. The trailer lights sort of worked. The turn signals don't work and the stop light go out when the brakes are applied. The lights are wired correctly, so we guess it's a ground problem. I'm hoping the ball/socket makes a better ground connection as we go down the highway tomorrow.

Bottom line... We're as ready as we can be to haul the boat out tomorrow morning.