Wrote a couple of letters and then sanded and varnished the starboard rub-rail while Roy continued doing whatever he's doing. Thunderstorms were predicted, but they didn't materialize.
We want to have the cockpit screen changed to make it easier to install, so I carried it and the two side-curtains to a canvas shop. The pickle-faced woman had an unpleasant attitude. After keeping me standing around for ten minutes or so, she finally looked at what I wanted done, but then she refused to give me an estimate! I could scarcely believe my ears. Did she expect me to hand her a blank check? I told her I wouldn't leave the stuff without an estimate, so I gathered everything up and walked back to the boat. Then Roy told me about a canvas shop at the boatyard on the other side of the park. I wish he'd told me about that in the first place; it's much, much closer. Since it was late in the day by then, I rode my bike over without taking the curtains. The man was very pleasant. He said to bring the curtains in in the morning and he'll give me an estimate.
Next I took the Loran across the street to a marine electronics store. The man couldn't have been nicer. He immediately plugged in the Loran and checked it out. It worked perfectly there in the shop, so apparently the problem is with the antenna, as I suspected. The man said it was probably the connector at the base of the antenna. Unfortunately, to replace it would cost about $150, but he said we might be able to open it up and clean the circuit board ourselves. That might do the trick. I was surprised he told me that, as it took potential business away from his shop. He was certainly obliging.
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