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| Howling at the moon tonight |
In looking more at our water pump problem, it appears that we can’t really change the old one for the new one until we’ve put in somewhere for the season. It’s like a gobble gook of hoses, fittings, tubes and wires down there. The bilge pump hasn’t gone off again and we’re beginning to think that it’s the weight of the water in the tank that’s causing the leak problem at the pump. Whenever we fill our tank the bilge pump goes off. So while it doesn’t appear that our tank leaks, we’re thinking the head pressure on the old pump or one of the fittings causes the leak until it reaches some sort of equilibrium. We dinghied into shore to the Long Island Breeze for burgers and internet then went over to the grocery/hardware store to see what they had in the line of hoses, valves, and PVC caps. The chop was a bit much until we got closer in and we did get a bit wet during our bouncy ride over to the dinghy dock.
The produce didn’t look too hot, but we saw the mail boat trying to come in which means that tomorrow there should be better produce. I could use some lettuce and cabbage.
Back at the boat, Mary & Axel came by for sundowners around 5pm. While Axel had been working in the bilge all day, Mary had made apple walnut brownies that were deeeeeeelicious (Wayne even liked them with his beer LOL). Those with some cheese, sausage, palm hearts and crackers made up our fare with our beers, wine and G&Ts. The winds while still in the 20s have quieted down a bit (they were at the 30 knot range). The moon was so incredibly bright and full that we had a “howling at the moon” time again as it rose and the sun set. This howling at the moon at least once a trip is starting to become a tradition. It was fun though no matter what the other boats may have thought. I actually thought I heard someone else howling back…who knows!
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