We found the biggest and nicest Boat/U.S. store we've ever seen. It's just a few blocks from here. They have the bottom paint we use for $98.85 a gallon, so we can buy it right there.
While Roy bought out the store, I made some phone calls to try to find a boatyard that doesn't require buying all your materials at their store. Found one called Lauderdale Boat Basin. Went over there on the bus and got their rates. It's not the best-looking yard, but it's ok. I also stopped at Riverbend Boatyard, but they don't allow pressure-washing.
There's a pretty branch post office a couple of blocks from here, but they don't have General Delivery, so I rode the bus several miles to the main post office. Went through the "other" Fort Lauderdale. Not everyone in Fort Lauderdale is a millionaire. As Roy always says, the janitors and dishwashers have to have a place to live, too. We didn't have any mail, but I got the phone number, so we can call before we go out there again.
After lunch, Roy rode his bike to the alternator repair shop and brought the alternator home. He had tried out the spare alternator, and it worked fine, so now we have two good alternators again, the batteries are fully charged, and life is back to normal, whatever that is.
We rode the bus to a discount marine store we'd heard about. Had to walk a few blocks after we got off the bus. Passed another discount marine store, called Boat Owners World, so we went in there. They had a lot of stuff at good prices, so Roy bought some things. Then we went on to Sailorman, the store we'd originally set out for. It's huge! They have a lot of used things as well as new. Roy wandered around goggle-eyed but didn't buy anything. I bought a guide to the Virgin Islands at a $2 discount.
We found a closer bus to go back on than the one we had come on. In fact, it turned out we were only a block from West Marine, so that's really handy, having all those marine stores so close together.
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