John Fallon entered the last 3 postings to the Blog while we were underway...thanks so much John for doing that for us! We spoke to him over the Ham radio and he was able to do it easier than us!
We had a lovely trip down the Bay this afternoon...wind was light and the wave height was minimal. We could have used a bit more wind, but we arrived in bright sunshine at around 3:00 this afternoon. We paid for a mooring ball and will stay put for the night.
Sometime this afternoon, our ship GPS suddenly quit! It is only a few years old, so we were both surprised. Laurie stayed behind on the boat to work on the problem, while I am sitting in the local library to investigate the rain and wind coming our way with the upcoming storm. I have downloaded all the information I need and have just had a call on the portable VHF radio from Laurie telling me that he was unable to get the ship's GPS working. I still have the computer and the portable GPS so
we're still all set. We'll have to get either a new antenna, or a whole new unit somewhere along the way. There's nothing here in Eastport. Laurie has always longed for the new coloured monitors, so maybe he'll get his wish!
The time in Saint John was very busy with John lugging us all over Saint John to get little bits and pieces, but once it was done and the weather for the trip out of the Bay looked good, we decided to head out a bit early! If we had waited a week later, we would have been leaving in the middle of the night, so we were very happy to get a 7:00 am start this morning!!
We'll sit tonight and analyze where we should go in the morning depending on the weather.
Until the next time, take care all.
Dawn
