Layday in Titusville

The day started with a quick trip to the Publix supermarket (we still had the rented car from yesterday) for just a few things - - - between the two boats, we spent over $200! There is this "We have a car and we may never have one again" mentality that hits us all when we cruise the aisles of a supermarket. Putting away my purchases wasn't an easy task because Dan had dis-assembled the entire galley storage area in preparation for installing a new dual Raycor filter assembly that Jay's son Nathan brought with him from his vast supply of odd boat parts that he has stored in his Houston, TX garage. I am including a picture of the rig he drove from Houston. A picture is worth a thousand words, but John McElderry's words said it all when he first saw the rig, - - - - "Well, you can tell they are related!" Nathan is taking the used mail jeep down to his mom so she will have wheels while she lives on her boat for the winter in Marathon.


The process of installing took most of the day including two trips to Napa, and several up to the ship's store at our marina for various parts. In the meantime, I got laundry done, did some waxing and polishing and helped Betty figure out how to put pix on her blog. Here is the mess that Dan made - - - - - - - - - Here are my galley pieces
Here is the new Raycor installed - - - - - - - - - Here it is ready for operation


We ended the day with dinner aboard Brunelle - - - we are really enjoying this cooking only every other day, but realize it will end soon because regularly cooking for 8 is a tall order and that's what it would be once we re-group with Sevilla and Pekabu III. We'll head off in the morning for our first anchorage of the new year. ~~~_/)~~~M&D

Our dock mates were all long time residents and chose to gather at our bow for their happy hour, turns out they were admiring Dan's design for the placement of our running lights which he has centered in the bow pulpit on a platform built out of "starboard" a dense plastic material that every do-it-yourself boat owner loves.