November 02, 2000 -- Onward to Norfolk

November 2, 2000 -- Onward to Norfolk After listening to the weather, it sounded like it would be calm enough for us to make it to Norfolk, so off we went. We were still in a following sea, though not as bad as yesterday, so the autopilot behaved moderately better. We adjusted our course slightly so that we could hang out on a broad reach and deployed our staysail in addition to the main. For, possibly, the first time, we noticed a true increase in speed by having our sails out. We increased by almost a full knot in speed! We pulled in to Willoughby Bay and called Sea Port Electronics. They have the pump, and will try to make it out today or tomorrow. Next we called Oxford Boat Yard (OBY) to verify how the payment will be dealt with. John Davis said that OBY would not be taking responsibility for their mistake. Of course, we immediately asked for the owner's phone number. John informed us that he could not give it out, but would be happy to give him our information. At little bit later, John called us back and gave us the owner's phone number. We spoke with the owner of OBY and ran down our list of reasons why they would be taking responsibility for it. He asked if he could give us a call back, which we agreed to. He called us back and we discussed a few more details, and he agreed the Oxford Boat Yard would be sending us a refund for the pump installation as soon as they receive the pump. Now we just need to get the new pump installed. The electronics company said that they could not make it out today, but would plan to come tomorrow. We then headed in and got our mail, furling housing and the new copy of the Capn