Santa Cruz has been another nice respite. The first thing that I did once the boat was secured to the dock was head up to the dock to the marina facilities showers. The best damn shower I have ever had! We have made several trip into town to West Marine and for groceries. Lots of walking.Dave found a hydraulic repair specialist in the area, and we put him to work on repairing our hydraulic steering arm. Rick, at Bay Power Equipment, has been a life saver. He was able to replace worn out gaskets on our hydraulic arm. The picture below is of Rick and Dave at the stern deck of the Sea Crest.
Our Sea Crest has been run longer and harder in the past 2 weeks than she has her entire life, minor repairs and upgrades are to be expected, since she is a 30 year old vessel.
My first full day spent in Santa Cruz was to be doing laundry...pioneer style! An old-fashioned bar of laundry soap, a sink, and lots of scrubbing. Once we reach our home port we plan to install a combo washer/dryer unit, but for the time being this will do the trick.
Today we are working on our steering and hoping to leave the harbor by this afternoon...
Until our next port...
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