We had a "send-off party" on Saturday May 20. We enjoyed hummus, chips, carrots, celery, gold fish crackers, whole wheat crackers, two cakes, Jeff's home brewed beer, iced tea, good company and a lovely Navigator's Blessing by "littlegoldboat" read by Pastor Nancy.
Eric gave "tour du port" dingy rides and Caitlin was his co-captain. She even learned how to row!
Kathy, Jeff's sister, was thrilled with the excitement of riding the small boat.
Barbie has been busy shopping for items to organize the boat. We've been impressed with how many loads of supplies and equipment we have been able to get on the boat.
Jeff has put on two more solar panels and a solar battery charger.
Since we have a dinghy stored on our stern, it is difficult to read our boat name and hailing port. Jeff solved this problem by placing the boat name and hailing port on the bottom of the dinghy.
We have been sleeping most nights on the boat, eating breakfast, doing some work on the boat and/or going to our house to work there.
We are ready to leave as soon as Aisling's engine work is completed.
Last Saturday the engine mechanic talked with us about the engine and the scenario about the failure. He thought it might be a problem with the oil cooler. He took the oil cooler off but we heard nothing from him. Today we heard it was indeed the oil cooler that was the problem and the part has been ordered. As to how long getting the part will take we do not know.
We have enjoyed getting used to the on-board routine. We have cooked some nice dinners on board, for example, pork chops, grilled hamburgers, etc.
We have experiences some rainy weather and windy weather in port. During heavy rain, our two dogs do not want to get wet. It is a good thing that they still will use the artificial grass turf mat in the cockpit.
It looks like it won't be long once the engine parts arrive before we will be on our way.
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