$$$ from the bucket

Well, yet another change is taking place. We discovered yesterday that some steering difficulty we noted while enroute to Santa Barbara is related to the rudder & will require the boat to be hauled out to fix. We are not interested in paying the prices to have the work done here in Santa Barbara, so we are heading out early tomorrow to sail to Ventura where the cost is more reasonable. There was a cartoon posted in Morro Bay that showed a man driving his car 350 miles to a marina where his boat was docked, whistling all the way. When he got there, the cartoon showed him busily rummaging in his car & finally pulling out a large bucket. He continued to whistle while he walked down a long dock to his boat When he finally got to his boat, he threw the bucket's contents high in the air over his boat. Out came lots of $$$$, falling onto the boat and into the water around it. He turned around, walked back along the long dock to his car, got in & drove away, continuing to whistle. That is what it feels like. . . . . On a positive note we received our self steering part this am & Emrick already has it installed.
Just so you know I worked diligently on the pics yesterday. I have no idea why they are presented the way the are on the blog. I will keep working on it & I still have more to add. C