Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
18.14.018N
65.37.582W

We’ve heard from 2 very reliable sources that AAFES is definitely taking over the marina; possibly by the end of the week. BRAC is the official owner of the base itself and it will remain a military operation until October of this year. To add a little more confirmation to the rumor that AAFES is taking over the marina, there’s going to be a sale at the marina mini mart. Everything must go. Cash only. Limited to 6 bottles of liquor per card holder. I’m not even sure they have 6 bottles of coconut rum but if they do, they’re mine. Plus all of the Cheetos - I didn’t see any limits on the food items. Too bad I don’t have a reliable freezer; they have ice cream up there too.

Today Dale is running another grounding wire from the wind generator to another control panel. He’s emptied out the back lazarette to do so and soon enough was inside wanting me to tear the back cushions and bed out so that he could feed the wire through. Apparently, his original grounding wire was to the autopilot motor casing and he’s since thought better of the arrangement so decided to ground it to main grounding terminal. It certainly sounds like a better arrangement. In the event of a lightening strike, I sure would hate to lose the autopilot motor.

Jordan created a monster the other night when we had dinner on her boat and she suggested that we exchange books and movies while we’re here. Dale and I devour books after our chores and watch movies once the sun goes down. That bag of books and DVDs is going to keep us busy while we’re here.