Hot water rocks!

Ahoy there again!
Mr. Fixit has done it.  

No, that's not what he installed, Silly!  This is the old non-working crazy propane line right next to a diesel generator messed up rusty water heater.  Dan installed a groovy electric and /or generator exhaust heated (idea compliments of Ken), and sometime in the future solar heated (idea compliments of Drew) stainless steel water heater! I call it Lavender Jane because it is lavender and it loves me.  We get to take hot showers on the back steps! (But not in the shower yet as it still has items in it.)

Don't have a picture of Lavender Jane but here's one of the cute guy who installed it.
Hot water...... it's awesome.
Thanks everyone who has worked on our boat.  Soon Sunny Ray will be ready to sail with the energy of all who have spent time on it.

Dave installed the radar in February when he met Dan here.  Yes, he is a scaffold rigger!

He worked on Olivia too.
Olivia is doing pretty good right now.  Check it out.

Bond siblings in February, Dave, Pam & Dan.  So cool that they were able to come down.
We are looking forward to seeing Sue, Jilly and Jilly's boyfriend in a few days.
Aunt Pam and Uncle Bob along with Sara entertained Dale and Ray last weekend and are doing so this weekend also.  They rode roller coasters at 6 Flags.  Dale said she could see the red part of her eyes!  They will get to play with Sue and Jilly first.  Lucky ducks.  We got lots of work done last weekend.


Hope everyone is having as much fun as we are.  Our boat neighbors in the slip next to us took the kids and I to the beach yesterday.  And... one of the family brought their surfboard to let the kids try.  Ray got up on the first try!  Do you think it has something to do with his big feet!?  Dale looked like a natural.  She is really enjoying her new friend, too.  She is 5 and very smart.

Dan had the chance to sail on this ketch last week with a friend who lives on this dock.  He's a lucky guy.  He also got to sail on our boat neighbor's racing boat.  Hopefully, we can go with them tomorrow.  I've kind of forgotten what it was like to sail on a monohull!  I'll have to remember to take some motion meds just in case.

Here is the rigging that busted.  With the help of Rip and a local rigger that our neighbors turned us onto, we should have the rigging made and installed within a couple of weeks.  It will be nice to know that all of it will be new and strong to take us wherever we want to go.

This was Dan's project this morning.  Last night our shoe locker had water in it and our floor squished with some water, so...... Dan found that the pressurized water had a broken fitting.  Sound familiar, Teri, Oleg, Jim & Brenwyn?  Fortunately, there was no big damage and we turned off the water pressure right away so no big flood either.  Look, Drew, there was easier access than you two knew about! Dan also discovered that the stove was being held in by only one screw.  He took care of that!


Dale's former classmates wrote her letters which her teacher bundled up and sent.  What a happy girl!  She loved hearing from you!


Write to us!  Stay well!
Marty