April 07-09, 2000 -- What a Bust!

April 7-9, 2000 -- What a Bust! April 7 was a bust in the work department. The only positive thing that happened was that our main hatch was removed. Unfortunately, the hatch won't be back until Monday. After the hatch was removed, we started working on our winches. We greased approximately half of them before I had to leave to go grocery shopping. Mike stayed with the boat waiting for the rigger from Inflatable Experts while I headed off with Anne to do some grocery shopping. After we got back, Mike and I first fended off a boat from Wave Dancer, then Mike painted the dinghy engine cover while I went out with Anne again. We went to Sea Chest, but did not find the rail end, then to BOW to get 25 feet of 2/0 gauge wire to connect the negative pole of the alternator to our inverter controller. Then we went to Home Depot to get sand paper. Anne found the faucet repair kit she was looking for. Finally, we headed to publix to drop off film (Anne's) and to exchange a can of pineapple. I found Star Wars episode 1!!! We headed back to the yard. We arrived in time for CC Carter's retirement party. He was our service manager last year and really treated us right.. We finally heard from the rigger who left us voice mail that he would not be able to make it this evening. We tried to call Vicky at Inflatable experts. She wasn't there. We are unhappy campers! April 8, Joe came by to hook up our windlass and to start troubleshooting our hydraulic generator problem. The windlass was completed in short order. Unfortunately, he didn't feel terribly comfortable with the generator problem, so he borrowed documentation and left for the day. Later, I sanded the toe rail at the bow of the boat while Mike put another coat of armada on everything. We are now ready to perform a light sanding on 2 sections of rail before we continue. It was a pretty quiet day overall. April 9, I decided that we were going to take the day off. I wanted to sleep in. Mike woke me up at 8:30 AM. He barely got away with his life. The rest of the day was spent puttering around. Everyone needs puttering time!