Ready, set, sew!

It is hard to believe we have been here in Stuart for over 2 weeks! We just received our order from Sailrite with all of the materials we need to build our enclosure. It was actually very time consuming to make all of the measurements, figure out where we wanted to put the zippers, how we would fasten it to the dodger, etc. Then once we placed the order, it took several days for the materials to arrive. In the meantime, we have tried out the new sewing machine, and it works!

We have also been doing some other boat tasks, and doing some major cleaning. After all of the traveling we have done since September, with lots of humidity, there were some areas of mildew that needed to be attacked!! Also, Dick has installed bow and stern lights to our dingy, for those evening cruises!

Having the use of a vehicle has been wonderful. Stuart has every store imaginable, but very little is within walking distance of the marina, so it has been a real asset that Claudia and Peter loaned us their car.

The biggest problem we have had is internet access via wifi. The marina does offer "free Wifi", but it is often difficult to get on and stay on, as there are so many users here. And now we are into "spring Break" time of year, so some folks have their college age kids visiting, so now there are more people trying to get online. We have had great luck all the way down the East Coast using wifi to connect to the internet. Once we got to Florida, it has been much more difficult. We did go to Best Buy yesterday to investigate purchasing a prepaid aircard, but decided it wasn't worth the expense for the time we have left. In conversation with the salesperson at Best Buy, we did learn that, in general, Wifi reception is not good in Florida. Broadband, yes, but Wifi, not so good. Today hopefully we'll be able to post this addition to the blog!

So now we need to get sewing, and get this enclosure built! So long for now.