Update from the marina

I can't remember if I posted it or not but we're now in a marina, the first time in two years. Our plans at Red Frog Marina changed and we're now at Bocas Yacht Club. This past week has been full of tasks and now its winding down. I'm getting ready to fly back to the states in a week so I can go to my grandmother's 90th birthday party and to visit some of the relatives. I'm even hoping I can squeeze in a few days in Austin to see David's sister and her family as well as David's parents. I still need to work that into the budget. We spent some time with Dave and Bretta from s/v Adam Cara, very nice couple on a Tayana 37. Their refrigeration quite not too long ago and the replacement control board arrived today, it was the wrong part, Dave and Bretta were not happy at all. Living without refrigeration can be done but it's not fun.

Fortunately I had a spare control board on my boat that we've been carrying as a spare for 8 years. Good thing we never needed it, it was the wrong one for our refrigerator but what Dave and Bretta needed. The one they just got is what works for our refrigerator so we did a swap, a perfect solution for all of us. I helped Dave install his new control board and in no time their refrigerator was back up and running. They were ecstatic.

I pulled out my travel bags today. I have some boat parts that I'm taking back to the states with me, old boat parts that I sold and stuff I need to return. Right now my bag weighs 50 pounds and I haven't yet packed on piece of clothing. I guess I'll be traveling with two bags this trip.