Almost at anchor then out to sea!

Yup today was very productive.  what's all the fuss you say.  look at the picture of the most beautiful chart plotter AND it is at the wheel.  No more running up and down the stairs in and out! No more wondering if I'm close to run aground! there are so many things this thing can do I'll save you the details until later when I learn it all.

I today the heat even got to me! By six I was so miserable! The heat index was 104 degrees, 96 degrees regular, humidity 89% and no wind! We worked alllll day on the boat. We learned how to tune the rigging cables which is super important to have a slight bend aft but still be straight from side to side. There is more to it but I'll save you the lesson.

Ben is right now playing with the new chart plotter; I'm sure he will learn it faster than me. It's a computer essentially. I'll be excited to learn too but I will still keep on the nav-station paper charts and a hand held gps.

tomorrow is supposed to be hotter than today! Maybe I will experience Blistering heat right in the Chesapeake?

To answer yesterday question, bye the way, thanks Jacquie for playing the game... When you come into a new country you have to fly their flag on your spreader support and your home flag in the stern. So each place they travel they make a flag out of cloth and markers.  Most flags are those colors.  We went to town yesterday so we got them markers and in return they have us to blank flags so we can make our own when we start traveling.  Unless my sister wants to sew flags, this winter we hope to be in the bahamas. (hint hint hint)  Iphones are amazing because we have all the flags of the world right here on our iphone!

I'm so tired from days of not sleeping due to the heat (the cabin cools off around 1 or 2) Then the workers knock on our boat at 7am! time for bed for me! there is a wind tonight
zzzzz