Time is going by quickly – it’s hard to believe we’ve been down south for 6 weeks! Our boat jobs are moving along. The solar panel is mounted and working well. It’s producing electricity even on cloudy days and keeping our batteries nicely charged. Today we turned on the freezer to give the solar panel a big challenge!
Mark has spent some time doing maintenance on both the main engine and the generator. There are a lot of systems on a boat (we one time counted all the pumps and we have well over 20 different ones!) and each system needs a bit of attention before we head to the Bahamas. We’re picking away at all these jobs while managing to fit in some Christmas shopping!
Speaking of Christmas, the Marina has been ringing in the season with lots of events. We went to an open house at the yacht club – free drinks and food!! There was a golf cart parade – all these golf carts decorated for Christmas (see photos below). Lots of people lined the streets to watch the parade (some with wine and other drinks in hand). And last night, the Marina had a boat decorating contest. Man some people went all out for this event! We walked along the dock and had a good look at the boats – very cool!
We’ll be heading home for Christmas on Dec. 19 and can’t wait to see everyone!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 