I thought I would share a picture of the Kilkenny marina with everyone, which is the top one. Beautiful live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, but not much else there. The next shot is one Wayne took in Fernandina beach of the persistent pelicans at the waterfront. Last shot is a narrow street scene in St. Augustine, the "oldest continually occupied european settlement in North America". Founded by Senor Pedro Menendez de Avila in 1565, this beautiful waterfront town has become a real tourist mecca. Charming anyway. We arrived to a crowded anchorage, and were guided into our current spot by a St. Augustine live-aboard named Rudolph. He is actually from Belize and had been stranded on his boat for two weeks due to lack of a dinghy. Whatever. We brought him over some food and a couple beers last night, and gave him a ride into town this morning. In exchange, this nice man who happens to be a diver is going to install a zinc anode on the prop shaft for us to prevent the shaft and propeller from corroding in the salt water. Thank goodness Claude told us about this! Great Lakes sailing requires no such device. The powerful negative electrical charge produced by the sodium cations in the water discharges into the metal of the shaft, unless a zinc anode is present to absorb the charge. Chemistry/physics lesson for the day. Lesson to the world: positive karma flows from all good actions. We had not idea about this anode business until this morning. When we mentioned it to Rudolph, he offered to get on his dive gear and install this for us at no charge. Boating is an undertaking that is full of opportunities to generate positive karma. As the Christmas season is upon us, we feel the true meaning of the season is most meaningfully illustrated by this kind of energy flow. As my son would say, "namaste".
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