November 03 - 05, 2000 -- Willoughby Bay and Waiting

November 3 - 5, 2000 -- Willoughby Bay and Waiting We spent the day waiting for the electronics guy to come out. We finally called him at 3:00 PM. He said that he would rather come on Saturday, in the morning. That was fine with us. We took advantage of the end of the day to run to the grocery store. When we got there, we saw a used boat parts store and took a walk through there first. We saw some really neat stuff, but decided not to get anything do to transport concerns, and the fact that we had not done our grocery shopping yet. On Saturday, November 4, we headed in to wait for the electronics guys around 9:00 AM EST. They finally showed at almost 10:00 EST. We headed out to the boat and they installed the new pump. We now have a 'lock to lock' speed of just under 12 seconds. This is much better than before! We then spent the rest of the day working on the off shore list. In the evening, we were on the radio again to get an update on Mutual Fun's position and how things were going. They are only 60 miles out of Bermuda now! We also talked with a couple of people about how to improve our SSB problem. The SSB keeps blowing out the autopilot rudder feed back when we transmit. I crawled in the Lazzerette and laid tinfoil; it didn't help. On Sunday, November 5, we got up and had a bite to eat. We then turned on the SSB to see where Bob & Mona were this morning. They were just a few miles off, in the entrance channel with very calm conditions. We were very glad to hear that, they were almost in and were under the control of Bermuda Harbor Radio. Bermuda Harbor Radio guides you in and make sure you stay in the channel and out of trouble with the reefs. Harbor radio acts just like air traffic control, as they follow & direct boats in from about 50 miles out using radar. We continued working on our offshore list. Unfortunately, we are down to the last of the stuff which is all last minute stuff! We also took some time to try to track down a noise that has been occurring for the last 4 months, intermittently. We still don't know what is causing the sound, but we think it is coming from the port side of the boat instead of the starboard side, like we had thought. In the afternoon, Reed and Mary Jane pulled in and anchored close to us. We invited them for cocktails and decided that we would have them tomorrow. We spent the rest of the day lounging, and I wrote logs