It's taken a good part of the day, but we finally have warmed the boat up. Mind you, the wind has been whipping around at 15-25mph and at 370F that's a lot of wind chill. Boats are not really insulated all that well, and older Motor Yachts tend to have big windows that let lots of air in though they still may be able to keep water sprays out. The big window by our dinette was letting so much cold air in it might as well have been open a couple inches. Remembering our solution for cold air leaks in Chelsea, I went to the hardware store and purchased a small window insulation kit..the kind you put up with double-sided tape then tighten it with a hair dryer. It was tough to get installed, but the result was instant. No more freezing cyclone inside the boat. I'll only have to do the one window, for the prevailing winds are always WNW and there seems to be no draft on the port side. We're expecting more cold and more wind, so it was a timely job well completed.

Food is always a nice topic, kinda makes me hungry when I think about it. We went shopping yesterday at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, so we have lots of frozen mexican tidbits, fresh salsa and some gorgeous tuna purchased from our nearby seafood market. Last night Ann prepared an orange salmon dish with fresh Nova Scotia salmon. We'll have the tuna tonight most likely blackened a bit and served with rice. Things are tough these days.

The cold weather is predicted to be here for at least a week, so we'll batten down the hatches and appreciate our nicely insulated starboard window. See ya next time.

BoatTed