So our marina moved us out of that enormous slip and into a smaller one, a much smaller one. Tuesday we moved our boat to the other side of the pier into a 35 ft slip and immediatly felt out of place as our boats butt was hanging out 5 feet on one side and 8 feet on the other (yes the pilings are not even). Luckily tho this slip had electricty for us to plug into so we could recharge our batteries. We spoke to our marina manager the next morning and we finally decided on a slip. It still only 35 feet but it is in close to the main pier walkway so no boats will have to pass us and possibly hit us.

This still lead to difficulty tieing off as the back pilings are atleast a quarter up our boat. We will need to install an extra cleat on our traveler to act as a spring line. Also the wind was blowing hard Friday when we moved into the new slip. Once we got her tied off tight we went inside for drinks to finally celebrate our new resting spot. The electric company would'nt set us up till Saturday but we had a fully charged battery and decided to give our inverter a try. We plugged in our cockpit lights and they came right on, Nice!

Our new view is of the South River Bridge. It's not too noisy and is kinda pretty. It will do.



Saturday while Christine had to work, I drove back to HHN to pick up our dodger wings that were left at the canvas shop. I also had lunch with my dad and picked up an Outboard Engine! No more paddleing for the Bright Eyes crew! My dad's friend Warren kindly donated to us a 1972 Johnson 2 stroke 6 hp outboard engine. My dad's friend Billy gave me the run down of how to use and service it. We started it up and it ran just fine. Cool!

The rest of Saturday was errands and getting our boat back in living shape. Earlier in the week we saw crabs swimming around already so the crab pots got tossed in the water.

Sunday was Mothers Day so a Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there! We spent it at my Aunt Dana's getting good grub.

We are planning our first overnighter of the season this weekend!

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