April 03-04, 2000 -- Gauges, Gopeds and Dinghy

April 3-4, 2000 -- Gauges, Gopeds and Dinghy Joe came back this morning, and finished our gauges. Both the lower and upper helm gauges work! Henri and I took the Gopeds up to Boat Owners Warehouse and to Sea Chest since he wanted to check things out and I needed to get some stuff there. It was a pretty good trip, and only took about 25 minutes each way in travel time. In the evening, Henri & Anne came over for drinks, and then 2 guys from a boat on the end joined us and a guy from another sailboat also joined us. We had cocktail hour from 5:30 until 11:00 PM! All in all, it was a lot of fun! On April 4, we were notified that our dinghy would be delivered. They said they would be out sometime in the afternoon. In the morning, Florida Rigging came out to install our traveler. We helped by holding up the large backing plates for the traveler bridge. Then, the windless was delivered and we helped get that aboard the boat. We also contacted the maker of our life raft to find out what is in it. The Dinghy finally arrived around 3:30 PM. Instead of using a crane to splash the dinghy, we went to a local boat ramp and splashed the boat there. Unfortunately, there were several things wrong or missing! We had requested a tachometer and speedometer, neither had been installed. We did not request Doel-Fins, they were installed. On the trip back to the yard, we found that the tubes had not been attached correctly. Inflatable Experts really bombed on this boat! Finally, we arrived back at the yard, and headed over to Henri and Anne's for cocktails. We then decided to order pizza with them