Day 146 Out and about--sort of.

It continued to rain yesterday morning so we were a bit shut in again.  We did get a visit from the woman I mentioned in an earlier post that had been sent from Brion Toss that wanted to talk to us and get feed back on the survey we had done on Zephyr.  She is trying to get a group together to set up standards for surveys.  She had read our survey and been amazed at its lack of information.  She encouraged us to contact Boat US about the survey and see if the folks that did it were really on their list of accredited surveyors and then to write the surveyors a letter about the problems we had found on Zephyr and get our money back.  We will think about it before doing anything.  While some times the squeaky wheel gets greased, some times it gets removed and changed.  We don't want to stir up the waters at our insurance agency and take the chance of them canceling our insurance.  That would be a bad thing.  We'll see.

After she left, we took off for the ferry to Whidbey across from Port Townsend.  On came the foul weather gear and off we went.  It was nice to be back on the water again.   The sounds of water hitting the hull and the smells of fresh water.  As we arrived, the Sun began to shine--at least through the fog that had set in.  We set off for the bus to take it around the island.  Hey--

--guess what!!!  The buses don't run on Sunday!!!!   Back to the ferry and back to Port Townsend.  

Lunch at the local Subway shop and back on the bus for Fort Worden.  A local "fort" that started in the early 1900's and was shut down in the mid-1950 as being obsolete.   It was set up along with two others to protect the Puget Sound from enemy boats that might venture in to cause harm in Seattle.  Can anybody tell me the name of the movie that this building was used in the opening shots of?  Hint--1982 chick flick.  We toured the armament museum and the commanders house.  A nice way to spend the afternoon.  The Sun continued to shine and it turned out to be a nice day.  Back to the bus and we headed on home.

While we sat waiting for the bus, Tracy took off her "foul weather" jacket and noticed a bit of discoloration on it.  Upon closer inspection, we found that the layer that keeps the water from penetrating it was flaking off all over the inside of the coat.  This solved a long standing mystery aboard Zephyr.  Several times over the past year, we had found pink flakes on the stairway into Zephyr and couldn't figure out what they were and where they were coming from.  Now we knew--they are the bits of lining from her coat.  Her coat being bright red, the flakes that were coming off it are pink--mystery solved.  Today--back to West Marine and get the coat replaced.  Foul weather gear is supposed to be water proof or it's no good at all.

  

Waffles for dinner and then a night of watching the "Emmys".  Not tremendously entertaining but an easy way to pass the evening.

The day here is starting as partly cloudy with a 5mph wind.  It is supposed to be somewhat sunny today--that is if you believe the weather people.  With luck, Jack--the electrician will be back today and work will start again on Zephyrs electrical.  The riggers should be back also now that class has ended.  We might actually see progress this week.  YEAH!!!