Week 43: March 26 – April 1

The mechanic arrived around 10:00 am to begin work on the transmission. This was a long process as it involved the removal of the old and then the replacement with the new transmission. Kodey and I stayed out of the way by retreating to the pilot house. As usual, he slept and I read and did some computer work . After the mechanic was finished at 3:00 pm, we all took the boat out for a test drive. Peter and I were thrilled that everything worked as it should. The old transmission is now stored on the boat and Peter will need to followup with the warranty issue.

Sea C Rider and Maggie Jo arrived and got settled. They each reserved a slip for a month. We provided some information about the marina, what’s local, and talked about our dinghy ride the other day. They liked the idea of a group dinghy ride so we planned one for Monday since there is usually too much traffic on the water over the weekend.

On Monday, we took a two hour dinghy ride to explore Cedar River. We had a total of five dinghys – Maggie Jo, Odyssey, Sabbatical (a Gold Looper) and Sea C Rider joined us for the day. Everyone brought their own drinks and snacks and I decided that we should rename “docktails” to “dinktails” for the time being.

COVID-19 continues to have an increase in numbers in many of the states. New York seems to have the most at this point. We are the only New Yorkers in our group. Others are from Wisconsin, Iowa, Florida and Illinois. We notice changes in the area and decided that it would be a good idea to order dinner from one of the local restaurants each week in an effort to help maintain their businesses. Most are now doing curb-side delivery and very few do any actual delivery unless you coordinate it with DoorDash or UberEats.This week we selected The Loop Pizza Grill and Sabbatical offered to do the pick up since they have a car at the marina.

The marina has 192 slips and there are a number of loopers here and also a number of liveaboards.  We estimate that about 25% of the boats have people onboard. However, a number of those who live on their boats also have homes in the area and cars here at the marina.  The marina staff continues to work remotely but there are cleaners who not only clean but disinfect the restrooms, laundry room and pool area twice a day.  We are all most appreciative of these efforts.

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