The owner of the shop and his best mechanic came to the boat and worked on the engine for a couple of hours. They said it was ok and left, but when Roy tested it, the leak was still there, so he called them back. This time, just the mechanic came. Roy told him exactly what to do, and he did it. Presto! No more leak. So now Roy is satisfied that the engine runs perfectly, but he's not at all satisfied with the huge bill, so that discussion goes on.
Some warmer today. The ice has melted, so no one had a problem getting to work. My boss, Heide Diener, has been out of town for a couple of days and won't be back until Monday. Debbie is entering data similar to mine but to a different file. She has a lot of other work, too, so she hadn't been working on the travel guides project all week. Today, she had time to work on it, but then she realized her file was on the same diskette that mine was on, so we couldn't both enter data at the same time. I said if she'd bring me a blank diskette, I'd copy her file to it. She did, and I did, so now we both can enter data.
Roy met a guy from another boat and had a long talk with him. His name is Bob Calves, and he's lived and sailed in this area for many years, so he's familiar with all the shops and yards around here. He told Roy there aren't any yards in Norfolk that work on wooden boats, and there aren't any south of here until you get to Florida. He gave Roy a list of boatyards north of us where we can haul out and get the boat worked on. I hate the thought of having to go back in that direction. Of course, we wouldn't go until warm weather, and we have to do whatever we have to do to get the boat in shape for a trans-
Atlantic crossing.
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