Garmin 545s, New Dock Lines and Stunning Chicago from the Boat~
July 30, 2007
Ahhhh, today was a banner day from the US Postal service. I got four new bright blue dock lines and my insanely amazing new GPS from Garmin--the 545s. I cannot wait to get out to the boat to hook this thing up...bought it from Abes of Maine (best price) and the dock lines from Overton (both places were way cheaper than West Marine). Also, went sailing all weekend and all that time on the water has me dying (and I truly mean that) to be somewhere totally off-the-grid way out there in the tropics REAL soon. Major improvements are being made on the boat, slowly but surely--got new curtains made from a fantastic 'lil seamstress and she came yesterday to get all the cushions from the cabin so she can recover them; measured out the cockpit for new weatherproof cushions and those have been ordered; had my mechanic install my new stereo that has a CD player and Ipod link as well as hooking up my new Bose Environmental 151 speakers and my Jensen cockpit speakers--can't tell you how lovely that little setup sounds. Installed a new furling line and I guess just all sorts of stuff. It's like the list never ends....I love projects on the boat~