Doing the little things…
Well I said I would blog dec 1 so to those of you that actually read this here you are…
Time passes so quickly! First a quick mention of Karen and Dan wellumson visiting last week. We have a great time exploring the area. Cumberland island is fun to romp around. Pauly’s has excellent food! St. Augustine FL is such a cute little town. Much fun and fellowship has had been by all.
Back to checking things off our list. Today I was feeling brave in the wood area. Our helm seat is coming apart at the corner so I thought… easy job I can do this. Once I opened up the teak top to get some glue in there I noticed inside is all rotten! Once again an easy job turning into a pain. So I have it sitting in the sun to dry out. Tomorrow if it is dry I will continue fixing it.
Ben has been continuing on working to get our ground plane set so our SSB can work. He seems to be making headway!
Oh today was a day of checking off 2 things! The harken furling was put back together and Ben help Bob with that job! Yahoo! Check! And we reseated our safety bar to the floor. In Deltaville they forgot to turn the foot to the right spot on the bar so as to make it line up with the screw hole that keeps the bar tight and in place. (details) Everytime someone new comes on the boat and grabs the safety bar Ben and I look at each other hoping it does not get pulled out! Now it is secure. Fixes that use the word “safety” are always good to pay attention to. Not to mention it leaked so hopefully we fixed the leaks too! Check!
We are waiting on new solar panels to come. (Ben found not big and bulky ones but semi flexible that will fit on the dodger.) He also bought a reverse osmosis hand pump for emergencies. Normally they are about 2k – 5k! yes they get you with the word “survival”… that word is probably better to notice than the word “safety”. But anyway we are trying to be simple! We don’t want a water system that will need a lot of attend and where do we put it. So Ben googled many sites to find hand emergency pumps that take out the salt and other things we don’t want to drink. There on ebay was a hand pump for a total of 700. Don’t we feel special! It should make 1.2 gallons an hour by continuously pumping it. I guess in the middle of the ocean if we need that we will be so bored it will be a lifesaver for our boredom. Ha ha ha
We are ending out day with computer silly games, blogging, scrabble with friends and just relaxing. It is getting cold and yesterday was 37 at night. I have been happy to note we turned on our heater to make me happy… happy wife happy life… as they say. Getting up in the morning is hard as it is still cold in here… I throw my clothes under the covers to warm them up… then I embark into the cold morning cabin to make coffee.
I hope all the rest of our days are this happy! Check!
Welp, I’ve made you all sleepy I’m sure… so good night from Cricket and her crew.
