We have been so busy that we just fall into our bunks and ask, what do we have to do tomorrow. Got the new stanchions in, higher and safer. Got the fridge built and we are putting the evap plate in and putting the condensor on the shelf - we are converting the orig. awful fridge into a freezer - and finding places for the cond. and water pump. We are learning new careers...building fridges, whodathunk? The auto pilot is still in pieces, but getting sorted and the watermaker is 90% installed. We can now use the head for everything and have a little shower. Oh joy. The bow roller is on - Phil the rocket scientist designed something that works off an aluminum I beam. Most everything is stowed, including the seats of the foldaboat--hanging in the forepeak. When the dinghy davits are finished, they will be stored there when we are cruising - and Michael the metal man is welding them as I type.
That fluffy thing hanging over the boom is called a sunshade - made out of ripstop nylon and rests on the railing and moves, gently, we hope, in light winds. And really cools the boat off. It fits the entire length of the boom and we are really going to appreciate it when we get to warmer weather. We used it here in 90 degrees and wondered if we were already in the tropics. When we lived in Az, the weather would change like magic in mid October...and it has here, so the sunshade is packed away under a bunk - waiting for a southern tropical day when jumping in the water somewhere exotic doesn't do the trick. Even in the hottest days here, we were never tempted, except once years ago in Pete's Harbor. Anita and I jumped in to warm, clear water and floated up the creek with Robert yelling at us that we were going to glow in the dark. We floated up toward the creek, where creepy crawly strange things hung out, and Robert would rescue us with the dink so we could do it over and over. We are slowly looking at leaving here, sadly and yet, with some excitement, on the 17th for San Diego. It is more real now as we got a slip in San Diego for a few days before the Haha. Yet, we are pulling out winter clothes and talking of Puerto Vallarta and islands south. I think we are nuts.
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I remember that day when we jumped in. It was a 100 degrees and the water was high and as clear as it gets -- which is not very clear.
So glad to hear you are getting really, really close. It will be a bittersweet moment when you go under the Golden Gate bridge. We know the feeling. May you have fair winds and following seas. We send you our love and best wishes for a great sail down the coast.
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