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Last week was great! Our boat has been fiber glassed and painted. (white again) Black stripe was added on Friday and looks wonderful. Today they took our windows out and he will be painting the frames in and out black once again. They are sanding the top today and taping off ready to paint the top probably tomorrow. We are hoping to be out of here by next Monday. The boat looks great (like brand new)
Today, (Friday, July 13, 2012) we found out that they would not be painting the top until Monday or Tuesday. They primed the top today and then they have to buff the boat. It is really looking good.
Don was able to find the rubber seals that fit our windows, so he was happy about that. We have received our new radar and I believe all the big stuff has just about been delivered. Just one purchase and that is a new diesel generator. Don and Picky are building a new waterproof compartment with a drain and vent to house the generator. The mast is almost ready to install and it looks great. Don took his big pole to San Juan to be bent that will take care of our traveler, for it will have a new home on top of the bimini, which will give us more room in our cockpit.
Everything is going really good for us and we are looking so forward to getting to travel around the Spanish Virgin Islands when our boat is finished.
Last Saturday afternoon we went down to Boqueron to the beach. Very nice and long beach. We met some people that live around here and he is a Policeman of 19 years. We also met another couple from Atlanta and they were here visiting his mom.
At the marina where our boat has been, well we still hang out there. People know us and we enjoy visiting. We have met two new couples and one of them had us for dinner tonight. We had fresh red snapper. They just bought a new 42 foot power cat. So nice and big, but very experience to operate. We could never afford a boat like that, but boy it was beautiful. They are from California. The other couple is from Rhode Island and they are on a 42 foot sailboat. Nice people also.
We went to Salinas on Tuesday and came back on Thursday. We really got a lot done on the mast. Ran wire, drilled holes, washed and polished mast. We also met a young girl that has been living in PR for the summer break and she is from Minnesota and grew up about 100 miles from where Don is from. We have met several people in Salinas now and the marina people already know us by name. We have opened up a checking account here, so I guess we are residents for the next 4 more months. Trying to keep Don away from the DR, if you know what I mean.
The people from California are going to leave their boat in PR for a few weeks and go home and check on things. They will be back in August and we are going to go to Culebra (Spanish Virgin Islands) owned by PR, with them to site see.
Until next time…..We send our love
Don and Janis s/v Plane to Sea (P2S)
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