Outstanding Chef

     It has been 2 days since we arrived at The Marina At Emerald Bay.  We are getting very spoiled with the free showers and the great lounge for the boaters.  There is also a billiards room and a social room with a small but unstocked wet bar.  Darn.  The free WiFi has come in very handy.  We have been able to Skype friends and send and receive emails very regularly.  Sometimes the system is overloaded from all the transient boaters holed up in their boats.

     The weather (wind) had me up the first night as the wind was gusting very strongly.  At 2 a.m., I was putting another spring line on the boat.  I installed an aft spring line from the bow of the boat to the midship cleat on the dock.  We already had our aft spring line installed from the boat's midship to the cleat on the dock at the stern of the boat.  Spring lines prevent the boat from  moving  forward (aft spring line) as was the case here.    The next morning Rick, on M/V Broulee, informed me he had done the same thing through the night.  Great minds think alike!  Rick also suggested we move the boats forward so that we each could install another stern line to help stabilize the boats.  His idea was a very good one to keep the boats from rubbing the floating docks despite our deployment of fenders.  So here we sit being tossed around like a fishing bobber.  You know, one of those red and white ones you used when you were a kid.  Yesterday I checked the weather station at the marina office and we had sustained 24 knot winds.  Our attempts to secure the boats from leaving the slips has worked but they still are continuously moving about as the wind blows and the waves generated by the winds destabilize the boats.  We have become accustomed to the boat movement at the marina,  so when we are on land it just doesn't feel right.

     Yesterday afternoon a very nice gentleman was cleaning fish and offered us some Wahoo steaks which we graciously accepted.  After spending time talking with him while he finished cleaning fish, Sharon and I returned to the boat where Sharon made a wonderful dinner with the fish.  Unfortunately for Sharon, I don't take her to restaurants because she is an outstanding chef.