First week's summary

We hauled Rune on 10/29, after several delays due to high winds.  The mizzen mast was taken to 22 Mechanics Street to replace the internal radar cable, and we set up the main mast for work on the rigging dock.  Rune herself was moved into the center shed on the North end of the Frank Hall Boat Yard.
In the first week of November, I removed the wiring from the DC distribution panels, the battery control switch panels, the positive ship's service bus and the main ship's DC ground bus.  The refrigerator chest, which was installed behind all of those components, is now ready to be disassembled and removed.
Replacing the wind sensor wiring in the main mast was difficult, because two cables had been glued into place near the head of the mast when a spline was used to repair a split between segments just below the openings for the internal wiring. Wade, from Taylor and Snediker, was able to break the wind sensor wiring free by removing the anchor lamp cable, so we replaced them both.
Wade next replaced the water speed sensor, installed aft of frame 13 on the starboard side of the hull.  The new sensor fit nicely into the same hole as the old one, so he just trimmed its through-hull to match the width of its plank and installed it there.
Wade scraped the paint off the port sheer strake near the bow, just below the port anchor chock.  Two years ago, we identified some decay there, and I wanted to inspect it again.  Little has changed; we still see moisture incurring there, and we cannot identify its source.
We inspected all the planks nearby, and they were completely sound. To replace that one plank, all the bronze castings on the stem must be removed, and it seems possible that some of the beautiful fitted parts would be destroyed in the process.  On balance, then, we have decided to repair the existing rot, seal the crevices between the metal pieces covering the stem as best we can, and inspect it again in five years.
After the boat came out of the water, I could remove the pipe for the centerboard pendant, which had been blocking me from replacing the alternator.  After disassembling the binnacle which held the pendant pipe in place, Wade easily disconnected it, and I attempted to install the new serpentine belt for the new alternator. I removed the old alternator, and replaced the pulley for the engine fresh water pump, but I was unable to remove its crankshaft pulley.  I have hired a diesel mechanic, with an impact driver, to help me remove the nut at the end of the shaft.
After checking the fit of the new alternator onto the bracket on my engine, I called the technicians from Electromaax. They questioned whether the kit I had been sold was the best one to go on my engine.  I shall speak to them next week.