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Voyage 2021: Chapter 1

Spring 2021: [Splash and North]

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9 May 2021, Back to Shipwright for Parts and Repairs, 38 46.512 N/ 076 33.804 W

Anchor up at 0650 on the 9th. It was cold so we did a lot of autopilot-ing under Jule's enclosure. Six hours later we were entering Rockhold Creek. Bob made a perfect entry into the slip. But Ann gently said that it was the wrong slip. She mentioned that we were in F8 and said, with a smirk, that "our slip is F6, isn't it?". Of course there was a crowd ready to help. A couple of 180s later, we were nicely tucked in F6. No bumps, no scratches.

We were preparing to haul the dingy on deck, when something associated 
with the port jib halyard seized.  We would have to wait until our 
return as the rigger's schedule was full.

We ordered a new propane tank and had it filled at a local hardware 
store.  Big mistake!  It started venting liquid propane after we drove 
the one mile back to our boat.. caused by untrained personnel and the 
lack of a scale.  Arundel Propane check it out and fixed the overfill. 
It was over 100% filled.

14 May 2021, More Repairs and Provisioning, 38 46.512 N/ 076 33.792 W

Next, we headed for Phipps Boat Works to get our flag staff (remember Annapolis). We were most surprised to see a little puppy there. His name is Hank and this Golden is the newest member of the Phipps family. Hank has really big paws. The Phipps are also expecting a new grandbaby in the new future. Great times for them. Back to flag staff; Buster looked at the flag staff and said "no problem. Within a week we would have it back and perfect.
The crew drove to Batteries+ to get 4 new Group 27 batteries. We don't know why they get heavier every year but they do. It took about 4 hours to remove them and another 4 hours for installation.

Bob installed a new Garmin toy to replace an old failing Garmin 
chartplotter. Now we will have two new chartplotters with up-to-date 
everything.  He also completed other chores including the replacement of 
the marine Sirius/XM antenna.  Not bad for an old man!

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