Last Saturday we headed toward the pump out station on Benevolence. The week before our gear cable for the transmission had broke so we couldn't pump out the holding station for a week. We ordered a new one and Brett installed it. So Saturday, we headed to the pumpout station next to the Bayhouse before the wind picked up. As I untied the lines, I noted that the water was very low. Brett felt confident that we had enough water to make it around the corner since we were floating at the dock. Well, lol' and behold, we hit ground a few feet from the dock to the station. We spent about an hour trying to get Benevolence off the mud but she held tight. We tried to winch her free with Bill helping us but were only successful in digging her deeper. So we spent the day on the boat, 15 feet from the dock. We had many avenues to free ourselves with some effort but we decided to wait for high tide. We had nothing else planned other than motoring around the bay. So I read books and Brett installed our depth sounder and 12v lights. When is a better time to install your depth sounder than when you're grounded?! LOL
Bill with the yacht club, rowed over in his kayak and brought us fried chicken. We had all the food and water on our boat we could want but people kept asking us if we needed anything. We were finally able to shimmy off of the mud at 430. We tried again at 6pm to motor to the pump out station, this time me on land and Brett on the boat. He still couldn't make it in so we gave up the task for the day. Brett pumped out the boat the next day while I was at work.
On Tuesday, I came home for lunch and tucked a lot of gear away to hint to Brett that I wanted to go sailing after work. I was desperate to sail after work.
He picked me up from work and told me he had not even made it back to the boat before picking me up! When he found I had put everything away, we went ahead and went for an hour cruise that night. There wasn't hardly any wind but it was nice to escape and use the boat.
We got a compass for the binnacle yesterday. We are hoping to do a long sail on Saturday. We are hoping to plan an overnighter either anchored or moored soon, too.
We are steadily making progress to get our boat ready. We ordered a shore power cord along with the compass. I found some great 12v lights and he has installed all but one and the three flourescents. We still don't have cabinets or drawers but the baskets are working well for the food for now. We still have no propane hooked up either and have been eating out or cooking in the crockpot or grill.
I am trying to get back into jewelry. We are busy busy but things are going well. We are anxious to get going though. The thought of being here still for another 8 months makes me cringe. But it's for the best.
Brett grounded. Not Happy.
Brett sailing. That's better.Hope everyone is doing well. Miss y'all and hope to hear from you soon.
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