My desire is to return to Inspiration and how well they repaired the cradle.  I also need to get some of the electronics off the boat.  However, the leaves they are a falling and it takes constant maintenance of every non-rain day we have remaining.  Thursday will be the last good day for several days.  Today we did 4 loads before the better half had to quit to go to work.

I am doing some maintenance of the YoungSunOwners.org site.  I also want to upgrade the WordPress installation from 2.03 to the latest version.  This will give additional capability for plug-ins.

I am toying with the idea of generating a Twitter site as sort of a running account with member access.  If you read this use the website to respond with what you think.

Ok, so you know the cradle is broken from the last blogline.  That night I drove home.  However, to fill the previous afternoon, I located a lumber yard that had a supply of 2″x12″x16′ white oak rough sawn boards in Charlotte, MI.

Next morning I saddled up the old truck and hooked up the kayak trailer.  I headed for Charlotte and the lumber yard.  I arrived about 10:00 and we selected a good, mostly clear piece of 2×12 white oak.  We then ripped it into a 2″x6″x16′ and cut to length of 174 inches.  I loaded both pieces of the lumber on the trailer and headed for Saugatuck.  Price for the lumber was $71.00.

I went direct to Saugatuck by navigating with Streets & Trips running on my computer.  I was on mostly tarmac roads except for a few miles on a gravel road and I only went through one town of consequence – Niles, MI – where I got a McDonalds #1.  I arrived in Saugatuck about 1400 hrs local time and unloaded the wood and the bolts I purchased at our local Trustworthy Hardware (about $52).  I then unloaded some items from the boat and headed for the Indiana home.

So far, I have not heard from Tower Marine as to the disposition of the cradle fix.  I called once but no one returned my call.