Al and Russ spent the week getting the boat ready to go cruising.  The first project was fixing the freezer, which quit working the day after we arrived.  Luckily, Al had a spare controller, which is what they finally determined had failed.  Once the controller was replaced, the freezer sprung back to life.  

Projects filled every day.  Finally, the last project, painting the foredeck, was completed, and it was time for Russ to practice taking the boat in and out of the slip.  Russ has owned twin-engine boats before, so it didn’t take long before he got the hang of it.

Russ headed for home the next day, and we concentrated on the last odds and ends, like provisioning the boat, doing laundry, etc.