End of the day

Having spent the entire day looking for and installing parts, I am ready to put some items such as seawater pump impellers on a shorter, proactive replacement schedule.  It is amazing to me that the generator pump gave up while we were in a place with a car that allowed casual repair.  The same is true for our cruise so far.  I am now of the mind that there is seldom a day when one simply sits back and enjoy the day.  Then again, it is a simple life when something breaks, it must be fixed.  The only decision is when to do that.  We have an evolving philosophy: never do today that which can be postponed until tomorrow. Wait, that can delay a departure or even cause a snowball.

This marina is actually more of a working yard than a true marina.  However; like most marinas, there are those who have a boat simply as a residence.  There are those that have already "been out there" and there are folks like us.  I really like to walk around the yard after hours or strike up a conversation with someone.  The other element to the walk is to find legends, aka yard queens.  Old boats that at one time was state of the art but now is abandoned are present in every marina save the high end marinas.  One such ship is a huge concrete hull lady that now lays in the mud at the end of the fairway.  Here is an article on her serviceable days. 

The yard owner has only a few more years to comply with an EPA edict but it unlikely that this ship can be moved.  She draws ten feet and her bow sits in six inches of water.  No telling what she weighs. Troop ship to yacht clubhouse to this spot.  I wonder what she could tell us of her history?