Time to unload the boxes

And God knows, we've got lots of boat stuff to unpack and put away. Not quite sure why we did such a good job of packing up last fall, but now we we pay the piper. No big deal though. Frances knows where everything goes. Right Frances?

Last weekend, there were only a few boats back from winter storage but this weekend, A-Dock had begun to fill up. It was great to see our old friends and a couple of boats that were joining us for the season.

The warm sun and cool, dry air brought out the group.

Our project for Saturday was to install a reading light next to Frances' side of the V-berth. No big deal, but we like to do it right, exactly where Frances wanted it and with no wires showing anywhere. That took us two hours to snake a power cable but in the end, it was worth it. No one will ever be able to tell that this little light wasn't original equipment.

On Sunday morning, we noticed a little water dribbling out of the air vent for the fresh water tank. When we checked, we found that the original equipment back flow valve that prevents city water from getting back though the pump into our on-board water tank had failed. Our water tank was bulging from the city water pressure so we shut off the city water hose and ran from the tank for a while. Sure enough, that was the problem so we'll have to order a back flow valve and replace it next weekend.

Bill was wounded crawling around the plumbing. We assume that he'll live, but Frances just had to take a picture.

 Norwich

We really like Norwich. Sure, it's 12 miles from New London Ledge Light, but for us, at least, it's the perfect place to keep our boat or, if we were someplace else we liked, a great place to visit. We've had the advantage of docking with folks who live here and have been a great source of information about where to go and what was happening.

We've attached 1 minute and 40 seconds of video showing Norwich harbor. After seeing it, we hope you'll visit.