Head to Row

Allen asked for the gory details of our head dilemma so here goes. Actually the head was not really broken when we got to Marathon. There was an annoying very small leak that had been going on for some time that I got the bright idea to fix when I saw the part I needed at West Marine here in town. It was to be a very simple 5 minute fix. Well I got the plastic piece and 2 O rings installed and it worked, for a minute. The O ring slipped into the bowells of the beast as I neglected to set it properly into the plastic thing a ma jig. Well that necessitated a lot of cussing followed by a complete tear down of the unholy one to recover the 25 cent O ring that cost 35 bucks. After being elbow deep into the joys of sailing I was ready for a drink once the #2 job was complete. Ah, the wind in your face, the sun on your back and your arms covered in what you had for lunch last week.