We left CT with a long list of stuff that was ostensibly to be fixed in Halifax. We now review the list and decide that some of it we just won’t bother with. A few leaks are not a big deal (they are in my bunk area anyhow) we shorten the list and focus on the critical areas. The locals in the marina tell me we need a working radar for Newfoundland. Apparently ‘they make fog up there!’ That cheers me up….
I take our stinky laundry to be washed and the lovely lady takes a bit of a shine to me and deals with our stuff whilst I go for a coffee. She has been on some CIE bus tour of Ireland years ago and tells me all about it. Her daughter visited last year and apparently wanted to go back to live. We go there and they come here…
Later on Sunday afternoon we go downtown, me to take a look and F to try buy a backup gas ring. The boat is equipped with a single small Butane gas bottle and has European standard connectors. The only bottles available in USA and Canada have different connectors so either gas rationing will have to be enforced or a backup solution uses . Luckily for me, there will be enough gas to make a brew for at least the next 2 weeks😜 come September, the Coleman stove might be deployed.
F has finally conceded this his ancient iPad might not be up to the job and dispatches me to the local apple shop to procure its successor. Our FD back in NY has approved the spend weeks ago so I am relieved not to have to rely on the ancient original. This is the source of all our navigation for the trip (apart from F’s equally ancient iPhone) so it is a critical component. It takes hours to transfer the contents but eventually we get there.
We prep to leave tomorrow and have one last meal and a beer in the clubhouse and say farewell to the waiting staff. They are run off their feet busy but still take the time to say a kind goodbye.
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