Taxes are done and I have just spent the week catching up with the Ellie K. She now has a new Anchor Wash System and a Macerator Pump as well as a new rebuilt water pump on the engine. The best part of these jobs was realizing that I had put the macerator  pump sea cock in 180 degrees off and I had to take the valve apart to turn it around; it didn’t leak bad enough that a couple pieces of paper towel couldn’t stop it, but I did manage to get wet. This week I am replacing the water pump on the outboard that has gone flat over the winter. Things are great, yesterday I actually started teaching Becky to dock the boat.  Last night as I crawled into bed and kissed her goodnight she said she was ready to try to back the boat into the boathouse again. That’s encouraging.

Most of all I want to welcome Scott Wilson as a new partner. Scott is spending the first part of the summer on the Ellie K taking her up to Alaska and is planning on handing over the boat to me in Juneau on the first of August. He is a good writer, so hopefully he will bless us with some updates.

Godspeed  to Scott, his family and friends and may your trip north be good to you and our boat, Ellie K.

Paul