On Saturday we drove eighty miles north to spend the night in Milwaukee, home of breweries, Harley-Davidson, and a beautifully original art museum designed by the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, which was our primary destination.  Carol had seen it before.  I had not and was struck by the play of light and shadow in the interior as much as I was by the bird and ship-like exterior. 

        Along the way we stopped at GANNET, where I took my newly purchased hammer and easily drove the recalcitrant U-bolt up through the deck.  Having the right tool does make a difference. 

        This was more important than the mere relating of it.  I’ve already ordered the pad eyes and line I need to reinforce the lower shroud.

        I also took a few minutes to place the cardboard cut-outs I had made of solar panels at various possible locations, which proved useful.  The difference between a rectangle 18½” x 16¼” and one 22⅛” x 20½” does not seem great; but, as the cutouts revealed, on GANNET’s deck is critical.  The Ganz 30 watt panel is too big, so I will go with smaller Aurinco 25 watt panels near the stern.

        I am still undecided about two more panels forward of the mast and will need to take another look before I decide.  Aurinco also makes 25 watt panels 47½” x 6”.

       

        While in Milwaukee Carol drank a Miller Lite beer.  I did not.  She said it tasted good.  But then it was a warm day.

        In addition to visiting the museum, we took a tour boat ride from the Milwaukee River, which runs through downtown, out into the harbor and, briefly, outside the breakwater.

        Milwaukee is built around a bay that wouldn’t be much of a harbor without breakwaters that run for several miles.  Although the wind was light and waves only a foot high, once on Lake Michigan I felt again how awkward powered vessels are compared to those under sail, moving not with waves but stumbling through them.

         The photos were taken with Carol’s iPhone.  She took some.  I took others.   All have been cropped or adjusted with Apple’s Aperture.

above and below:   works of art or a piece of work