Hot, sunny.
We’re up early and at the Budget Marina dinghy dock by 7:30 am. We want to hit the stores when they open at 8:00 am. Turns out no way I can make the walk so Christy goes by herself with the list. I sit by Budget and research stuff like how to stow a dinghy.
When Budget opens at 8:00 am I go and buy the stuff we need ($500 pump) and then go back to One Love Restaurant for a coffee, do so more research and wait for Christy. MY coffee causes me trouble – other coffees here do not. It’s actually not a bad coffee either.
She turns up about 9:00 am – she’s managed to go to the RAM grocery and both hardware stores on foot – she’s got quite a haul. Nice job.
We both go back to Budget to compare prices – I buy one little box of electrical connectors I think I might need for the pump. (I am very weak on electrical supply parts.) Nothing here we can’t get somewhere else much cheaper. On Thursday we are renting a car since we think we’re going to be tight for time to try and manage the dinghy on Saturday morning. It will also give us a chance to run around for the things we need/forgot.
We do check out the dinghys and chat with a French yachtie about them – him with his broken English and us with our broken French. I see the one I like, just add a Tohatsu 4-stroke 10HP motor and that’s all we need. It’s no good for us to have a dinghy that can cross heavy water but Christy can’t start and the two of us can’t beach. Probably about C$7K would get it done.
After shopping we pay our bill at Prickly Bay then head back to Milu to get depart for our return to Woburn Bay.
The sea is much rougher than our ride down tho the winds are about the same. Waddya gonna do? We anchor outside Benjy Bay to try it out but after lunch we opt for a mooring closer in. Too rocky, too deep here. We take what we think is one of Dominic’s closer to Clarke’s. We do stuff to get the boat ready. I’m excited to get this new pump installed so we can finally clear the aft head shower drain. Doesn’t work. Grrrrrr. I try a bunch of things but the only thing i do is skin my knuckles and break a wire connection. Fix that half-assed with my half-assed electrical tools (glad I brought the wire stripper at least). I think the three toughest things about working on a boat are (1) VERY tight spaces with no room to get two hands in anywhere, (2) the boat is moving so it’s tough to even hit a screw with a screwdriver and (3) it’s usually hotter than a pepper sprout where you’re working so you emerge dirty, sweaty and salty.
