Yesterday was very hectic so I did not get a chance to write the blog. Thus, today is a 2-fer. The reason yesterday was so hectic was that I discovered that our water seal sensor on our port saildrive was defective and that our salon heat pump was no long cooling the way it was supposed to be. Both took some time to inspect and play around with and then I had to hustle over to the over side of the lagoon to order a new sensor and to locate a CruiseAir tech who was not on vacation. While it is summer here, there are few boats due to the hurricane season so many service technicians go on vacation now. I did find one who was here and he will be coming to our boat to look at our unit tomorrow morning.

I also did three loads of laundry so Mary Margaret would not have to deal with a big pile of dirty clothes and sheets when she returned to Leu Cat. This morning, in preparing for her return, I spent time cleaning up the various messes I made while she was gone and also scrubbing the deck around the stern and in the stern cockpit, which collects most of the dirt.

Once the boat was spic and span, I then hopped on a jitney and rode over to the airport to greet Mary Margaret when she returned. It was a wonderful reunion and while she enjoyed her time with her sister and her family, she was happy to be home again. So was I!

When we returned to Leu Cat, the salon was partially cool because I had kept the heat pump on in the port hull and had pointed the fans such that they would blow the cool air up to the salon. It worked fine until we had one of Sint Maarten’s notorious rolling brown outs at 1600. For an hour, until the electricity was restored, the temperature in the salon slowly rose as it was another hot day outside. Fortunately, before it got too hot inside, the heat pumps came back on and we were, once again, thankful for the cooling air.

This is the first time during our 9 years of cruising that we were apart so it is so nice to be together again…