Nautical Yard Sale and More

Sat. Feb 21, 2015
Plantation Yacht Harbor Resort
Islamorada, FL

Today was the annual Nautical Yard Sale. We walked out to the see what they had late morning.  We were not really looking for anything but an anchor for a friend but it was fun to see what was here.  Lots of the stuff was nautical whatnots for decorating your boat or home, lots of nautical clothes and beachy clothes and jewelry, but some of it really was like used yard sale stuff. Unfortunately we didn't find an anchor for our friend. Lee got clip on sunglasses, I got a sharp kitchen knife for the boat, an expanding sponge, and we got a one hand adjustment system for fenders. It stores the fenders on the lifeline and instantly shortens or lengthens the fender as needed with the grasp of one hand. When you never know whether or not you are going to need fenders and lines on starboard or port coming into a strange marina it is nice to have a quick way to get what you need where you need it.  We paid over 60 bucks for 2 sets, so I hope it works as well as the demo the sales person did.

Lee did some routine maintenance stuff, checked oil, fuel filter,etc. I did 4 loads of clothes for $16 in quarters. For that kind of money they should do it for you and fold them too. Some teenager maybe 15-16 came in right after I had everything in the dryers. He was autistic or something, He kept messing in my stuff, tried to take my clothes out of the dryer, stood too close til he was touching me. He was really making me uncomfortable so I texted Lee to come. He walked in and acted like he didn't know me and looked over the exchange books. The kid calmed down a little but was still behaving weird.

Ever since the big squall out silent wind generator has not been so silent. Lee looked at it and saw some white stuff on the blades. He assumed salt from the spray during the storm. Today while we had no wind he went out to clean the salt off and get his "silent" back.  It was not salt.  It was something waxy and sticky the pattern looked like it was slung out of the generator. We can't figure out what that is about.  The generator seems to be working when the solar cells need an assist. Any ideas anybody?

It is looking like we MIGHT get to head to the Bahamas next weekend. But weather forecasts can change a lot in a week.