Weekend Before The Trip - Claire

As you can imagine, Dave and I had a lot to do this weekend. We put the self-leveling table back in the salon. It weighs a ton.

I organized the 2 stern lazerettes (storage lockers). These are 2 hatches joined below as one deep area where we keep the dock lines, spinnaker, 2nd anchor and rode, drogues, mast ladder, scrub brushes, extra spreader wire, hoses, tarps, extra pumps, and more.
This pile:

Became this:

We:

1. Got fuel at the Delaware City Marina Dock. 
2. Went food shopping for the perishables. Last weekend we food shopped for the canned and non-perishables. We are so glad we did it in 2 trips this way. The 2nd trip list built on the first list and we probably bought less knowing what we already had and figured the combinations we can make.

We made several trips from the house, which is thankfully only a 3 minute walk away/short car-load away.

It was hot in the sun, so we turned on the air conditioning, which tested the condenser water pump. 

We finished the day celebrating with Claire's brother and sister in law, with the champagne they brought for us all!

- Claire