Glad we painted and varnished yesterday. Today, it poured off and on all day. Roy had plenty to do inside the boat, so I stayed out of his hair. Went downtown to see if there was any mail and was astonished to find a big package of mail from Steve. Roy had just phoned him a couple of nights ago, so that was really fast.
The movie I had planned on going to was no longer showing, so I went to one that sounded stupid but had been given 4 stars by the reviewer. I'd give it 2 1/2. It was a British comedy, so I could only understand about 30% of the dialog. French movies are easier to understand than British movies.
Roy wants to replace the plastic through-hull that came with the Sumlog with a bronze one, so I walked to Boat/U.S. in the torrential rain to see if they had one. At least this time it was a warm rain; the last time I walked to Boat/U.S., the rain was freezing cold and a gale was blowing out of the northeast.
The clerk in Boat/U.S. tried to tell me that a bronze through-hull would interfere with the electrical impulses to the Sumlog. I thought to myself, I'm sure a master electrician with more than 30 years' experience would not even consider installing anything that would in any way adversely affect the performance of the Sumlog or any other device. Of course, I didn't say that, but merely expressed some polite skepticism. Finally, the clerk phoned the company and was told that a bronze through-hull would not mess up the electrical impulses. In fact, the company makes bronze through-hulls for newer models of the Sumlog. I didn't have the model number with me, so the clerk said to phone him and he'll call the company again and see if they have a bronze through-hull for that model.
Slogged back to the bus stop (about a mile and a half) through the downpour. As soon as I got on the bus, the sun came out.
When I got back to the boat, I was delighted to see that Roy had put the new registration number and stickers on the bow. He has also started putting the name on.
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