Busy day!

We have had a busy day... Bill has replaced / fixed many of the things that were broken on the trip here. We also filled the propane for the stove, washed the boat, polished all of the stainless topside, and did a good cleaning below. Unfortunately, Bill has discovered that the big tires on the cruise ship dock in Bermuda did damage to the blue paint on the hull. Between the constant rubbing of the tires and the sand blowing onto the boat at 35-45 knots, the paint has literally been worn down. Waxing and buffing didn't help. Another project.... But for now, it is time for happy hour and backgammon.

We are really looking forward to this weekend. Melanie and Doug are coming for a visit tonight and Andrea will be here tomorrow. It is so nice to have friends and family so close (Cataumet is about an hour from Boston).

Here are some lovely pictures of the marina as well as Mary Elizabeth with her new fenders (we went with black this time, which I think looks nice). As you can tell from these pictures, everything is so different -- so "New Englandy", no "Caribbean blue" to be found) than what we have experienced and seen over the past few months.