January 28

Slept in, breakfasted at Staniel Cay Yacht Club (favorite meal, see previous reference to 'cheap'), then returned to stately, floating home for well-deserved rest after grueling morning. Not only was SCYC wifi down yesterday, but, though operative today, has been converted from free to $10 since last Spring. Like governments, I suppose, when the available population of supporters decreases, either by circumstance or deliberate action, one inevitably soaks the remaining, hapless few.

Warmest day of trip, so far. Finally changed from original, now scrofulous, jeans to clean pair just in time to need shorts. May rouse torpid corpus (say three times, fast) to perform minor repairs as alluded to in previous communication: 1) find and fix leak in shower, 2)... nahhh, one should be enough to imbue life with sufficient meaning prior to celebratory soda pop, later. In the immortal words of Gov. LePetomain it's just "work, work, work, work".

Later.

Discovered valve O-rings failing after a mere 23 years. The nerve of those sniveling Scandvik poltroons, shirking responsibility for defective parts! Successfully disassembled, cleaned and greased offending seals - no drips. May find replacements in Georgetown; may find solution for World peace... may not.

Jack