Iqaluit? North West Territories???
No, we have not gone mad...entirely.
This is just an interesting diversion from our own adventures in boating
and flipping this over to my son Jason and airplanes.
He has just arrived for the first time in Iqaluit NWT, where he iscontinuing his 2nd year apprenticeship as an airline mechanic technician.
Here is a photo of day one from his bedroom window.
Minus 28 with the windchill today - balmy!
Here is a link to Iqaluit: http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/canada/bl-iqaluit.htm
As for us....
Peter has been in the bilge all morning, successfully removing a failed mid-bilge pump from a near inaccessible space that is more than the length of his arm away to reach and hidden deep under everything else in the engine compartment.
There must have been an oil spill at some time or other, as the pump came out saturated in black oil but he has managed to replace it with a nice shiney new pump....
Alas....
Peter is back in the bilge now trying to access this inaccessible bilge space so that he can attempt to sop up the oil that is sloshing back and forth with water.
Moi....I am sitting in the laundry room, cleaning all the canvas so it can be stored inside. I just finished making sun reflectors for every single window and porthole. What did I learn? There are a LOT of windows and portholes in this boat!
So while Jason freezes his buns off in Iqaluit - Mom sweats a few pounds off hers in balmy Georgia....a thunderstorm currently brewing, humidity rising and the temperature has dropped from the high 80's to the low 70's F. ;-)
1 comment:
Hi Sailors! (Or should I say "stinkpotters"??) That is not a nice connatation, but don't let the Coast Guard know you might be leaving an oily trail to follow you to Georgia. I got stopped entering the Marina by them in my dinghy and they wanted to see "an oil absorbing rag" in the dinghy!
Plus lifejackets, throwing line, anchor, lights and even a fire extinguisher! I had all but the fire thingy, and told them if the dinghy caught fire with five gallons of gasoline in it, I was going overboard real quickly. And I was going to the marine store to buy one right now. They have no sense of humour.
Sue did win her Court Case, and he lost his Appeal and denied a postponement. So now all she has to do is hire another Lawyer/Collection Agency and see if he has hidden everything.
The day she left, she checked her Bank Account and found that someone has stolen and de-frauded all her money and even put a line of credit on her house!
The Bank wants to "handle the problem" -- yes, just like they mishandled her money. Some guy named Mohammed cashed one of her fraudelent cheques, made payble to "Four thousand, six hundred dollars" -- and the BAnk cashed it!! All cheques were cashed in Calgary and Winnipeg, and she just found out today that Mohammed ordered another 5,000 of her cheques!!
Why is there always something God??
Take care, we are in St. Thomas and heading to the Spanish Virgin Islands tomorrow for a week of R and R before we seal up our windows also.
Happy cruising, and don't worry about the little spills.
Gord and Sue.
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