January 17-27, 2000 -- Work and Fun

On January 17, not much happened. We spent the day on the boat checking on the work that was being completed. It was a quiet day. On January 18, we received the TCP/IP software that we needed in order to use our inmarsat phone with the computer, as well as several other things that we ordered. We spent the afternoon configuring and testing the software, and then used it to pull email. Our satelite connection works! That evening, we went to dinner with Jay on Mindemoya. We were looking for pizza and lasagna, what we got was Yuppie food! Actually, it wasn't bad, just exceptionally small portions. January 19 was another slow day. We did discover that all of the steps on the boat are teak! We decided to remove the carpeting on all of them and restore them back to their original look. It is amazing how that little bit of work improved the overall look of the boat! That evening, we met Jeffrey and Bruce for dinner. We went to a good italian restaurant for dinner. Then we headed to their house. We hadn't seen it since they first moved in. The house was much improved over the last time we saw it. Finally we headed home way to late in the evening. January 20 was a repeat of the rest of the week. That evening, we went to dinner with Roland and Amy. We headed to dinner at a nice steak house. At drinks before dinner, we talked about the lunar eclipse. During dinner, we talked about the lunar eclipse. After dinner, we talked about the lunar eclipse. We returned to the boat to give them a tour, and after another drink, we promptly forgot about the lunar eclipse and after walking them out, went to bed. I guess we really didn't need that last drink! We decided to not do anything starting on January 21, and that is exactly what we did. We relaxed for three days. On January 25, the work crew came back and we again supervised work. On January 26, while checking into the net, the SSB started acting up, it would not stay tuned. After checking all of our connections, we discovered that the terminal end on our switcher had gone bad. We replaced it, and the radio began functioning properly again, better than it had in months! On January 27, we moved the boat from C dock to D dock at the request of the marina. This was a traumatic experience, considering that we had been expecting to have to move anytime, and most of the day the wind was blowing 20+ knots! Finally at the end of the day, the wind dropped for about 15 minutes, just long enough for us to move the boat