Projects

The past few days have been dedicated to boat projects. Our Onan generator was due for a valve adjustment so after a call to Cummins and a scheduling mess up on their part mechanic, John showed up to perform the task. Clearly not Johns best side in the picture but it gives you an idea of why I don't want to perform this task. Human pretzle comes to mind.

Another project stems back to 2003 when we ordered Tourist. We had the option of ordering a satelite tv receiver but opted not to for various reasons that made sense at the time. Then came last June when all of the tv stations started broadcasting in a digital format (whatever that means). Since then we have not been able to pick up any tv stations on our antenna. I'm now happy to report that we now have a digital descrambler installed and working! So now we get some of the major networks as well as 3 spanish stations here in Ft. Myers. Se habla espanol? It was a bit of a project since all of the cables and wiring for the tv is concealed behind a panel that holds 2 six disc cd changers. 1 dvd player. 1 am/fm radio. and 1 Sirius radio controller. All of which had to be removed so I could cut a new hole in the panel to accomodate the digital whatchamacallit.

On Tuesday myself and Donnie from Kasey's Choice crewed for Captain Eric Ravenschlag who was delivering the M/V Blue Goose (53' Hatteras) across the Caloosahatchie to The River Forest storage facility. (http://www.riverforestyc.com/)  It was a pleasant days ride through 2 locks and a more rural area than we've seen for awhile. River Forest has 2 buildings that are climate controlled and can accomodate approximately 140 boats under cover. Impressive place! It is the first travelift I've ever seen with condoms on the straps. That's right. The straps have a heavy clear plastic wrapper around them! Upon completion of our duties we were picked up by a couple of hot babes (Pam & Marilyn) and given a ride back to Ft. Myers.