Right after breakfast, Roy and I went looking for a place to tie the boat where we'd have electricity. There appeared to be an empty slip at the City Docks across the way, but the Dockmaster wasn't in her office. I hung around waiting, while Roy returned to the boat, as he had so much to do. While I was waiting, I phoned the main office of the Dockmaster and was told we could have slip #509 on the south side of New River. I zoomed back across the bridge and caught Roy just as he was getting in his Royak. We immediately headed out to New River.
This is an excellent location. It's protected from the wind, we didn't have to go through any bridges to get here, it's close to downtown and all the buses, and it's only half a mile from Cooley's Landing, where the showers, restrooms, and laundry are. They're really nice ones. After lunch (cooked in the microwave), I bagged up the laundry and carted it over there. What luxury having the entire laundry to myself!
I phoned several other boatyards, but they all seem to have the same policy of insisting you buy your materials in their store, and they all charge the same amount for bottom paint. We might end up going to Miami to haul out.
Roy has removed the alternator and will take it someplace for repairs tomorrow.
What luxury having electricity again! You never miss the water till the well runs dry, to coin a phrase. We turned on all the lights and the heater and the microwave and the hot-water heater and the TV and the VCR. The weather has turned cool, so it felt good to have the heater on.
Tomorrow afternoon, we're going to a free lecture on knee problems.
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