Down below Drew is fixing the frig door, replacing the gasket and then will screw the door back into place - takes hours; Mazu at his feet. At times it feels like "Waiting for Godot." Also the new pump for the water-maker came in the mail so that's another long project to replace. We are simply doing all the jobs some might do ahead of time, we're doing on our way. None of them have to do with sailing or safety. That's what happens with boats with tons of systems. Shawnee has solar panels, wind generator, radar, water maker, full kitchen with stove and microwave, bow thruster, navigation system, an automated windlass for the anchors, air conditioning, heat system - all items that are nice to have and require constant maintenance and oversight.
As we went to fuel up today and get our holding tank pumped out we saw that the depth sounder was not giving any information - so I'll go in and clean it off today and then hopefully it'll work.
Last night Drew received a happy email from a fellow Island Packet owner who wrote, "Have always appreciated your posts and used your electrical strategy for a bow thruster install on a Catalina/Morgan 44 that I was helping a friend with where the local marina plan was nonsense." So I guess Drew's reputation precedes him from commenting on technical issues for years on the Island Packet List Serve. Harry Burns and Patricia Wirth of Two for the Roads invited us to their home for dinner tonight. Fun to have such a nice surprise.
Yesterday we stopped for lunch at V Ventures restaurant on Queens Way that has fresh ingredients and unique combinations of foods. I had the lentil stew with root vegetables and Drew a roast beef and cheese sandwich. Earlier we had candy apple creme brulee they made up. At this place we also discovered Crabbies an alcoholic ginger beer imported from Edinborough, Scotland. Nice to be at Hampton Public Piers with access to downtown services, restaurants and museums.
Thanks Anna for the book recommendation. I'll download it today.
So excited because son, Yeang and daughter, Sarah are coming down here on Saturday from DC. Hurray. [I think we will head further south on Sunday.]
1 comment:
Hi Deb
You are so officially our dinner time entertainment. I read your blog posts to Max, we discuss your travels, the sailing terms. He is amazed that you sailed in winds that was over 20 knots. This summer when Max was at sailing camp they had winds of 12-15 knots, their Turnabout boat went got stuck in the mud, a wind gust came and capsized it! All fun learning experience! we so enjoyed watching the video of Mazu learning to lean in to the waves, Max wants to know if she will have more puppies!! Keep writing! We so enjoy it! On another note, I would love it if you would be willing to Skype with some of the classes at my school, especially the 2nd and third graders.. let me know! My skype name is aleijonguth
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