Day 61, Year 5: The Day After Christmas
Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009
Weather: Most Sunny; E Winds 10-15
Location: Nai Harn Bay, Phuket Island, Thailand
We started our day by having a wonderful brunch on Scot Free II. That led to some boat talk and to some boat problem solving on Scot Free’s VHF radio. They have been able to receive but not to transmit, and that usually indicates an antenna problem. We tried a different antenna that had been offered on the morning net, but that didn’t work. So we came back to Windbird where Mark climbed the mast to remove our antenna, and then take it to Scot Free II where Gerry went up the mast with it. This did it. We now knew that Scot Free needs a new antenna as their radio worked perfectly with our antenna. But antennas are hard to find here. So that search will continue on Monday.
Mark and Gerry went to shore to try and find a rental car for Monday, but they found nothing. It is such a small beach that we were sure someone on shore would have been able to point them in the right direction. But not so. When they returned I called Shirena and got the phone number for the rental agency. Sure wish we had done that before going to shore, but now we have made a connection on the phone and will go in tomorrow morning to sign the agreement. But not toooo early.
We are hoping that we can stay on the boat most of tomorrow and just catch up on life. We tried to connect with Justin, Jo, and Ziggy today, but that didn’t happen. Maybe that will happen tomorrow as well. We sure hope so as we are overdue on our Ziggy time.
