Day 35, Saturday, July 27^th

Well today is not a “nice” day.  The forecasted winds are on the nose and we have extra time to doddle so we decide to stay put.  It is always nice to have a day to unwind and do some chores between sails.  We have not been to the Bustard islands for about 7 years.  Last time Gary Trevisiol came eye to eye with a bear.

Dawson decides it is time to change out the water system.  We have been having an ongoing problem of the pump running when no water is being discharged.  Somewhere we suspect a minor drip or leak.  Dawson has tightened up all the clamps, however there are lots cause Glenn the previous owner put in a lovely marine water system so there is double the piping.  Since we doubt we will ever stay at the docks, Dawson decides to pull the extra piping (sorry Glenn if you are reading this).  It takes about 5 hours and he is hunched for the day in the Lazurette with about 3 feet of headroom.  After all is done, the pump still kicks on.  Darn!  We will master this issue eventually.

The fridge has also had some pump problems.  Sometimes the water pump is not kicking on when the fridge is cycling.  Dawson is having a relationship with these components also.

Julie continues on her mindless job of cleaning the stainless.  It is the last third to be completed.  It is important to clean and treat the stainless regularly once we get to salt water.  Not as big an issue here in the fresh water, but it looks great and now we know what product to use and how much work it is.  Next time will be New York or else Annapolis.

We hear a motor and wonder if there is another issue but then realize it is a motor boat that came in to check out the anchorage, but turned around and headed out.  Oh well, no new friends.

Julie is also madly trying to get results from Ross’s race in Belgium.  He is back to a 1500m race and this is the final race of his season.  We finally find it on twitter and Ross had a photo finish, second place.  His time is good, but not a PB so he is not fully satisfied.  Oh well on to holiday in Croatia.  Have fun Ross, you have worked hard.  Don’t forget about those exams you have in 2 weeks though.

It started to rain in the evening and we had a huge downpour all night.  Alarm is set for 5 to get an early start and make some headway tomorrow.  See how that goes....

Cheers Julie and Dawson