Poor Eric

 I slept later than I should have, while I was conked out, David washed the shady side of the boat.  Then Eric (the poor boat guy that drew the short straw and has to work on our stabilizer) showed up and started taking things apart.  He had to take the step out in the engine room to get to the thingy under it that was blocking the doodad so he could actually reach the part he was looking for.  He managed to get 3 of the 8 hoses off, he used up his allotment of bad words and grumpiness for a week just in the 8 hours today.  I feel bad he has to deal with this repair, his area of expertise is really electronics and wiring and such. He is normally always in a good mood and joking but this stabilizer thing is an ugly job.  After Eric left for the day, we decided to finish washing the boat, it goes much faster with 2 people.  The boat looks great….until you look at the hull so that is tomorrow’s job and I still have 5 shade coverings for the windows to wash.  We did find a great!! solution to the fly and bug spots, spray with Simple Green, let it sit a minute and it washes right off. It even takes the stain off!  Now that is a great great boat discovery. We tried the pool again, it was heavenly this time. We’ve had a couple of cool nights so the water was wonderful. Well, another day, Hope Eric’s day is a little better tomorrow….

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