So, until this morning I was wondering how to liven up the blog from yesterday. The journey itself was uneventful. We had to rely on the motor half the time. the seas were beautiful and calm. No ships. Everything worked. Lad and Tom are catching on fast.
In fact, Tom turns out to be a ringer. He knows a lot more about sailing and navigation than he let on before coming aboard. Kinda sad, actually. Here's a guy who has had a passion for this stuff for years, but the people's business has taken over his life the past 40+ years. This trip is looooong overdue.
Dinner aboard was heavenly. Richard's famous seafood grill was a thrill from mushroom, red pepper, zuccini to scallops. Cockpit conversations with a US Senator engaged are beyond spellbinding. His normal is the stuff we read about or, rather, would LIKE to read about.
But the drama came this morning when we came into the gas dock a bit too fast (currents are challenging to maneuver) and the cap of the port light snapped off from a dock piling, splash, into the water. This was a major disaster as it's imperative to have all lights working at night and we plan on an overnight sail.
I volunteered to dive in and although Tom offered to do it, I already had my suit on and thought I'd give it a shot. I put on a face mask and went in. I just couldn't get deep enough and surfaced defeated.
Enter our hero.
Tom dove down and got it on his first try! A very impressive show for the dock hands, having no idea the salvage diver was a US Senator.
Happy endings all around..we got the cover back and I got a tidbit for the blog.
Winds are perfect and we are heading north at 6.1 knots.
It doesn't get any better than this.
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Ps I have some great pix I can't seem to upload here so will try Facebbok
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