Today it is in the mid-70′s (around 23ºC) with sunny skies and a rising barometer and NW light winds – Perfect.  I potted flowers for the end of the dock – Pink Petunia’s like thise pictured.

We were informed our new water heater has arrived and the marina will install it today or tomorrow.  Just a word of warning out there:  Force 10 is out of business and was taken over by Kuuma.  Our defective heater is only three years old but the warranty is 2 years.  I am not impressed with Force 10 products and maybe that is why they went out of business.

At the end of last season it had just started to leak (about 2 months after warranty expiration).  My buddy has a Raritan that is 25+ years old and it still is pumping out hot water.  Advice is to pay more for a good unit and manufacturer.  Oh well, maybe we can weld  the tank and have a spare.  I’ll drill out the pop rivets when they get it out to see what happened.

Last week was real hot – near 90ºF  4 days in a row – and very humid so we bought a window airconditioner for about $100 to put in the companionway and blow cooled air.  It is a 5000 BTU 40# unit and it is barely adequate.  It does not have sufficient capacity to cool down a boat that is already hot.  After the sun goes down it will cool the salon pretty good and the air becomes much drier and is comfortable.