July 09, 2001 -- Surprises, Good and Bad

July 9, 2001 -- Surprises, Good and Bad After weather this morning, we decided to head into town. We were expecting the special order that we placed with Island Water World to be in, and besides we needed to pick up some groceries. On our way to get a taxi, we stopped in at Spice Island Marina to order an additional part for our new electrical panels. While I was in there, Renee with Budget Marine handed me the lip seal that we had ordered Thursday. We weren't expecting it until tomorrow! We met up with Peter and Diane from Pearl and shared a taxi into town. We went into Island Water World, and were told that our special order was hung up in customs, but should be there by Wednesday. Unhappily, we left and caught a bus back to the Spice Island Mall for lunch and grocery shopping. Again we were disappointed. Apparently the supply boat was running late today, and most of the new stuff was not out yet! So, we picked up a few things and then headed back to the boat. Since Renee was going to send our new order in shortly, we decided to replace the dripping lip seal on Ling Ling's water pump. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the lip seal we received was indeed the correct one, and required no other pieces. After replacing the lip seal and reinstalling the pump, the generator was, again, operational! After putting the boat back together (we had to pull the soft patch in the main saloon to work on the water pump), we fired up Ling Ling. We ran the water maker, the chargers and cooked all at the same time! After dinner, Mike decided we needed mindless entertainment so we spent the evening watching a movie