Chores

Oyster Creek Marina

No LL

We finished painting the deck and the boomkin today. At least as much of the deck as we can reach with the dinghy on deck.

I went shopping up at the Sailor’s Exchange. It was closed last Monday when Pete and I went there. A visit to the Sailors Exchange is always a treat for sailors. Libby wanted new pads for the lifelines, and I wanted some blue Sunbrella fabric. No joy on those things, but I did find some spare parts. I got a ½ inch toggle, and a sail hank and a hatch cover lifting ring all for $7. A few months ago I bought two toggles just like that at West Marine for $45 each.

I chatted with the skipper of the mega yacht Hummingbird, on the face dock near us. I learned from him that the Wilcox and Crittenden head I have is indeed the Cadillac, but that the piston arm that broke on me is a common fault. In fact, he said that so many of those arms broke, that it gave Wilcox and Crittenden a bad name. On Hummingbird, it is less of a crisis when one breaks. They have 5 Wilcox and Crittenden heads on board, all identical to mine.

We wanted to turn Tarwathie around to paint the other side of the deck today. I enlisted the help of two ladies who were working on Hummingbird. We untied her from the dock to swing her around but she wouldn’t move. She was aground.

We’ll be ready to leave tomorrow, but it’s going to be rainy. We’ll also have to time departure to avoid low tide.