HURRICANE SEASON IS NOT OVER

SANDY is such a beautiful name but not down here. This Sandy is wrecking havoc on so many people's plans. We wanted to go into the water late afternoon as everything is “a go” but way too windy. Some friends we met last May here on their sailboat are in North Carolina awaiting for Sandy to leave. We wanted to see them here again in St. Augustine. As all boaters know, we should have no schedule. We will meet with these guys in Bimini, Bahamas in January. They have bought a slip at Bimini Bay Yacht Club.

BOAT has almost become a four-letter word here. We are most definitely going to go away Saturday morning somewhere! (I have to do laundry and sheets/towels tomorrow) We are tired of “camping” here on the boat on the hard. We have only gone out twice for a meal! And if I have to watch Hawkeye or Radar in another episode or another western black and white tv show (The Rifleman on MeTV) I will say a four letter word :-).... hahahah! We only have the one channel in English here on the boat. We actually got into one episode of House but lost the last five minutes... have no idea what disease this patient had. It reminded me of the old days when foil wrap was on the antennae.

Anyway, I've got a few pics but everything is boring for the blog, once again to West Marine to drop another $100 there, Home Depot and a Wal-Mart today. We wired the underwater lights, more fibreglass was done. We got the cat lifted to see under that diesel tank to see if any damage, a little, but all fixed today. .. so that companionway floor is back on.

This is one of two underwater lights which will be a blue

Paul prepared the area for the light to go, under the waterline

This is how it looks installed. Wiring is now done too.
Water here is murky, but will look great in the Exumas

This is a two year old aft hatch cover, sun everyday!

This is after we spent more money at West Marine,
brand new ones (2 hatch covers)

• Hurricanes have male and female names, but at one point only female names were used.
• Most hurricanes rage harmlessly in the sea.
• Australians call hurricanes, willy-willies.
• The New England Hurricane of 1938 is reported to have the fastest forward speed for a hurricane at 70 mph. The forward speed for an average hurricane is less than 20 mph.
• Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean runs from June 1 to November 30.