Well, we had planned to stay two nights in P.J. but ended up
staying three. The captain would have sailed to Essex CT, about 45 miles
mooring to mooring, but strong winds were expected and some rain, so Admiral
Ilene said: “No”. Chris, one of the sons of our friends, Bob and Brenda, of "Pandora," has a saying
about persisting in sailing against the wishes of one’s wife: it can be a
“career limiting move”. The sad part is
that the same Bob and Brenda had set up a dinner party in Essex for the four of us
and two other couples who also sail Saga Yachts, which we missed. Their address is where the repair parts (filter) to get our pressure water
system operable again is being delivered, and we will see them Saturday night instead of Friday.
Such a rendezvous is also necessary because we are delivering to them, by boat,
the door pulling repair tool that KC designed for us, which was featured on a
posting this past winter; a bulky thing to keep on a boat for three months.
By the way, the wind and rain were less than expected, so
20/20 hindsight says we should have gone, because the wind may be too light for
a good sail the next day, so we may have to motor a bit to get there in time. (But
not to worry, I planned for some such delays and we will still get to Provincetown
in time for our rendezvous with our Granddaughter, Alexandra, who is visiting
there with her dad, Mark, from Portland Oregon.)
Anyway, we had a very lazy day of reading, with few
projects. I could have done more but
vegged out. In the afternoon the dock manager came to us and said that he was
sorry but we would have to move to a mooring because (and we could see it) with
the approach of the weekend members of the Seatauket wanted to use their dock.
We did buy two tickets to and attended a summer stock production of The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which was fun.
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