We'd like to leave Titusville Marina this coming weekend, and go farther south quickly. Another cold snap is coming down from the north. BRRRR It has been nice being at a marina; a rare occurance for Autumn Borne, except in the Summer at Hop-O-Nose.
The repairs to the dinghy, the cushions, and the anchor rode are all done. That's why it was nice being at a marina where we could just walk on and off the boat, and not transport stuff by dinghy to shore... Of course when the dinghy is ONE of the things being repaired that last statement sounds silly. Anyway... plugging into shore power is good for the batteries, once in a while.
A gentleman, named "Gator" from Lifeline services, repaired the dinghy's air valves in about 9 minutes, once he had the correct part. Yeah !!! Then he sprayed the entire dinghy with a soap solution, and we found one very tiny pin-hole leak right at the bow, which I patched immediately. SO... that should be good to go.
I modified the anchor rode, by putting 1-1/2 feet of chain in front of the swivel, so that the chain takes the torque of the boat swinging around the "set" anchor, and not twisting the anchor swivel sideways (something it's not designed to do).... It was a recommendation of the anchor manufacturer, and I thought it had merit).
So.. that's done.
Then the A-Team fixed the one cushion, from our cockpit, that had foam that must have been a defect, because after one year...it was deteriorating... like crazy!! so they replaced that, no charge. We also had them make a padded cover for the aft deck storage box, where Sydney sleeps all the time. Nice. The old cover had been up there so long... dry rot, and salt had taken its toll. So that's done.
Oils and filters have been changed on the on-board Generator.... and stuff like that.... while we've been waiting for other people to complete their tasks....
We did get to watch a non-shuttle rocket launch the other day....that was cool.
I guess we're ready....
It's nice here.... Lot's of the St. Marys Thanksgiving day crowd is here.... fixing, and/or leaving their boats here for the Christmas Holiday. Actually we did that very thing last year...
Moving South !
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