We all took it easy today. The only minor excitement was when we moved the boat to deeper water which took all of 20 minutes. On December 24, we again didn't do much, though we did make reservations for Bob and Brenda to get back to St. Mary's on the train. On December 25, we cooked, we ate, we vegged! Christmas dinner was fantastic, and the company was great. On December 26, Bob and Brenda headed back to St. Mary's. After seeing them off at the train station, I headed back to the boat where we spent the day quietly. On December 27, the wind finally slacked off enough for us to get off the boat. We headed into Riviera Beach to hit the boat stores for some wire. On the way, we ran into Bob from Shamaal, Eric from Elyssia and the folks from Sonny. We had lunch with them before returning to the boat to change Ling-Ling's oil. On December 28, We went in to Rybovich Spencer via dinghy to talk with Bryan about our haul-out and the insurance work that needs to be completed. We will be hauled the Wednesday after New Years. This work will complete the storm damage we took, way back in May. After we returned to the boat, the wind shifted directions. We turned in a direction we had not been before and did not like how close we where to another boat. Since they were here first it is our responsibly to move so we did. Just a little, but it gets us some offing on the other boat. On December 29, we decided that we would try to find the noise that has been haunting us since Wrightsville Beach last year. We opened the aft stateroom up, and the noise refused to sound! So, we shifted gears and started replacing all of the old charging wires for the alternators. On December 30, we put up string lights in the main saloon. While they don't put out much light, we like them better than the old fluorescents. They add a nice warm light to the saloon. While Mike was fixing dinner, he smelled electrical wires burning. It turned out to be one of the circuits in a DC fluorescent light in the galley. We quickly removed it! On December 31, we finished replacing the alternator wires and started running our new 2/0 gauge house bank wire. We celebrated New Years GMT style at 7:00 PM EST! Bob and Sherri on Shamaal, Eric and Susan on Ellysia and the folks from Second Sally all gathered with us on Nightwinds. It was a very fun evening. Happy New Years!