Back Aboard
April 18, 2013
We got to the marina yesterday around mid afternoon. There were many boats still on stands in the parking lot and many vacant slips in the marina. Why Knot was sitting in her slip almost grinning at the prospect to coming back to full commission. Surprisingly, the stainless steel on deck looked very good, almost polished. Unlike the Gulf areas, stainless steel does not rust as quickly or as badly as in Port A. If we had left WK there for five months, the s.s. would look like scrap. Perhaps our troll is attempting to make amends and has kept it clean. He is still on the hit list when we find him.
First glance at WK revealed a generous amount of good will droppings from sea birds but the dink was still “aired up”. I guess the gooy stuff works. OK, time to open the hatch and see what greets us. Wow, no yucky boat smell, no mildew, no rat signs. There was a lot of stuff that indicated our hasty departure last time. I looked a bit like a bad guy headquarters just before the troops arrive. Stuff everywhere and no place to sit. First things first. We started to drain the vodka from the fresh water tanks but most likely did not get it all. Then get the new freezer unit started. It is a two step process with a soft start then we switch it to “ice cream” mode 10 hours later. Given the 1.600 mile commute, we retired early and so did Scurv. Seems he has forgotten nothing in terms of his first life aboard and his favorite marking bush.
The marina is launching boats as quickly as they can and that empties the parking lots where they stored them. This is the early part of what will be a migration of boats northward. We will join them in a few weeks.
Our thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Boston bombings and the folks in West (TX) who worked at the fertilizer factory and always for the troops.