We received our liferaft back from being serviced for about $900.00. We took down our roller furling Genoa(Sail) and took it to Schurr sails for another 900.00 of service. The raft only needs this every 5 years and the service should make the Genoa last another 4 years. The sail costs about 4,000.00 new. The new sheets for the Genoa came in at West Marine. We will pick it up tomorrow. After that we just need new binoculars and a Spot Satellite tracker. http://www.findmespot.com/en/
On the fun side we are changing the UV protector on the Genoa so that gave us an opportunity to add some color to it. Now our Genoa will be trimmed with Sunbrella royal blue tweed that matches our Genoa. You can see a picture of the cloth here http://www.indycanvas.com/images/colors/120-RoyalBlue4617-0000.jpg
We hung out at the marina today while running errands.
Terry will be the official skipper since he is the only one that navigates right now.
Ski is Terry's father and will be the first mate since he is the only other sailor.
Debbie, is Terry's wife and will be officially a swab, but she is looking for promotion. [...]
JoAnn is the matriarch of the group and while her sailing titile will be swab she does have 2 votes on the destination committee. The skipper can overrule for safety reasons, but if JoAnn can get just one other person to vote with her that will be where we go.
Princess is our Boston Terrior. Her position on the boat is obvious.
Misty is our miniature chihuahua. She will be our translator in Spanish Speaking Countries.