Day 15--on the phone

Spent a lot of today ordering things.  Started out with a new stove.  The old one works but won't lock in one position.  Most sailboat stoves are fastened to the boat with pins on the sides so that it can pivot as the boat heels in the wind.  Most also have a locking mechanism so it can be locked down when in port where you don't need it to pivot.  Ours doesn't have them.  If you put things on the top of the stove it will pivot every time.  Not necessarily a good thing when it's not needed.  It doesn't help that it doesn't heat worth a darn.  Tracy made beef enchiladas yesterday.  Just never got quite hot enough to cook it.

Ordered the replacement kit to fix the front head pump.  Should be here by early next week.  Can't do anything anyway since the tank is still full.  Can't get to the pump out station till the mechanic shows up and as expected, there was no call from him today as promised.  What a surprise?  

Ordered in a new set of electronic charts for one of my chart plotters.  This one will cover from Point Conception to Mazatlan.  I joined a club that is organized by the manufacturer.  You get one free update for joining as well as other perks.   It will be a big help having new charts when we get there later this year.  The previous electronic charts were from about 9 years ago.

Ordered some new light fixtures.  We have several that have rusted so much they wouldn't light.  Time for new ones and maybe new wiring if it is gone also.

Ordered the blades needed for getting the caulk off the deck for when we can redo the teak deck.  Tried to get them locally but they have to be ordered in so it will take a few days.  Also ordered in a right angle drill for use with the winches.  When used with  a special special bit, we can use the drill to reel in the lines that control the sails.  To get a "marine" one, it's over $1000 for it.  Getting a regular one off the shelf that doesn't say "marine" is only $375.  I figured I could get the same for a lot less money.

Had a visit from Kathy Sellon and her husband this afternoon. We were heading out to run errands and suddenly I heard my name called as well as Diana.  They are working their way around the state and stopped in to Newport and said hello.  We took them on a tour of Zephyr. 

Weather was great today.  Nice and sunny.  Forecast is for real heat for the weekend.  We may hit the 90's by Friday.  I'll take that over the 50's we've been having since we got here.

Tomorrow is another day of adventure