Debi and Jack sailing on SV Iroquois

The marina faciliries building here  is very Spanish looking, with its iron fence and gate. Inside is a maze of rooms, a mens toilet, a mens shower, a laundry/kitchenish area and a lounge on one side, on the other side is the office, a women's toilet and shower, and a wifi lounge. In the center is an outdoor courtyard with two extra unisex showers. Inside it's colorfully painted with multiple colors per room. Obviously the building was there and repurposed for the marina. Usually marina facilities are built new, I think because they are remote. This one is right in town. It's an interesting town and we've had an interesting day. Last night we discovered that our water pump didn't work, but didn't know why. The pump in the head worked fine but in the galley there was no pressure. We made do to get the dishes done by filling the teakettle on the pontoon. It only took one filling. We tried replacing the filter hoping maybe it was clogged but that was not the problem, so this morning Jack took the pump apart and replaced the seals. We tested the pump before reinstalling it and it worked but once it was back in place there was still no pressure. Hmmm. That was when we discovered that the flexible water tanks we had completely filled yesterday were totally empty. We knew something was wrong but what? By following the hoses back and back we eventually found that the brass fitting between the flexible tanks had broken off. No wonder the tanks were empty! Luckily Jack was able to find some replacement parts at the local hardware and could rebuild the system. So we replaced our water filter and rebuilt the pump maybe unnecessarily. Or maybe it's just preventive maintenance. Well that took the whole morning. So much for the plans we had, which were to repair the small gouge in the side of the boat from when I ran it into a dock a while back and to clean the metal, which is showing some rust. In the afternoon Jack did epoxy the side but I didn't get started on the metal yet.  I think I can do it tomorrow if it doesn't rain.  We also need to find out about the bus to Santiago de Compostela so we can meet Kate there Friday. If there is time maybe we can explore the town. Of course it's the festival of Muros. Somehow we manage to get to each town on its festival week. Anyway, that explains the firecrackers, well more like mortars, that were fired off morning and evening today. There is always something going on. If they're not setting off firecrackers or mortars the church bells are ringing. In Spain the church bells ring a long time but each peal stands alone. Other places the bells ring madly bong, bang, bing, bang, bong bing,bing and it's over. Here it's much more solemn, bong, ,bong,, bong,, bong,, and on and on for a few minutes. There is another American boat here. It's strange, we haven't seen many others this season and they are also OCC members. There's another OCC boat here too but we haven't met them. We plan to have lunch tomorrow with the Americans and the Swiss people on the boat next to us. They were next to us in the last port as well, so it was kind of fun when they came in next to us today. This is a big fishing harbor and there are many stalls selling fresh seafood along the waterfront. Yesterday we had mackerel, tonight tuna. Tomorrow? ??