Panama City, FL – November 6, 2008

Today was spent doing chores and maintenance on the boat. Darrell changed oil in the starboard engine, replaced zincs in the engines and oil coolers, changed the primary fuel filters and worked on fixing an autopilot problem. The autopilot will work for a while, then suddenly stop. After talking to the company that made it, Darrell checked a number of items and burnished the contacts on a power relay. We are hoping that fixes the problem.

While Darrell did all that, Beth walked to a marine supply store to buy some parts for the boat. Then she walked around downtown Panama City. There were a couple of nice shops.

Kay and Gene Jurrens pulled into the marina around 3 this afternoon. We had talked to them yesterday and knew they would be here. They are docked right next to us. We are planning to have dinner together, we think we’ll order pizza.