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SHIP'S LOG:

     Tuesday was not a particularly good day.

     First of all, I learned that cousin Bobby died. Bob was part of the crew when I took ABISHAG south back in 2010. He and I and friend Fred weathered a nasty storm off New Jersey, bounced up the Delaware Bay and made it into the Chesapeake. With the passing of a few years the less than stellar parts of the trip have faded and we all remembered it as a great time that we enjoyed re-living again and again. Bob had been failing for the last few years  and had experienced  series of strokes over the last 6 months and I guess he decided that he had had enough. God bless him. Fred and I and a lot of friends will miss him greatly.

     And secondly, I got a letter, a certified letter from BOAT/US' insurance division saying that  since the other guy's boat was properly block and that there was violent storm that could not have been predicted, and that the other owner had done everything necessary to see that his boat was properly secured, they accepted no liability for the damage to ABISHAG. Have a nice rest of the summer. So I've got to see what sort of deal I might be able to work out with the boatyard. Obviously I can't pay the $12,000+ it would take to get her up to snuff. It looks like I've got tons of DYI coming up, though some stuff, like the rigging I am going to have to pay for to be sure it gets done right.

    And thirdly, I showed up for work only to find I wrote the wrong day .on my schedule. Such is life!