Coupeville and Fairhaven

July 14

So a couple of more days have passed.  Yesterday, the Shorebilly Too remained in the shop.  Aspen was scratching their heads with no real answers to the Mabru (heat pump) problem.

With nothing better to do, Terri and I headed to Coupeville.  This was a quaint little town on Skagit Bay about 40 minutes from Anacortes.  The entire town was ~ 4 blocks deep by 5 blocks long.  The shops were set up for suckers ... errr... tourists like us.   Lunch was at Toby's.  It is a local dive bar that actually had great food.  We over ate.

(Lunch at Toby's and yes, it does seem that I often have a beer in my hands ...)

In the category of "small world": I was walking down the main street of Coupeville and I's shocked to hear my name called out.  Turning I see the gal of a couple Terri and I had met the night before in Anacortes.

Another "small world" happened a few days ago.  Terri went into a shop wearing here University of Delaware shirt.  The woman behind the counter immediately came up to her stating her home town was Middletown De ... the same town as my high school, St. Andrews.  Terri brought me back to the store to talk to her and it turns out we knew ~1/2 dozen people in common.

This was a 100 year old building right on the water.  At high tide, the water actually goes under the foundation.  "It will never last."

View from center of town

Tide was out so we walked on the "beach".  It was all stone, no sand.  At high tide this will be ~4 feet under water.

July 15

Frustration was starting to escalate so I scheduled a meeting at 11:00 with Aspen for them to explain what the exact status was.  They believed they had it figured out.  To get technical for a moment (Cath and Ginny you can skip reading this part);

        The system on AC uses ~22amps.  The system on heat pulls 38amps.  The system was wired to a 30 amp breaker with a 30amp wire. 

        The computer on the system was smart enough to realize the lack of power and shut off the capability to run heat to not damage the system.  

        However, the software failed to provide a way to turn the capability back on.    

        The fix was:

                A new 50 amp wire to the system.

                A new 50 amp breaker

                A new software update

We got the boat back at ~4:00 today.  Knowing that we had the afternoon free, we traveled to Fairhaven WA, another quaint town.  It was more of a small city than town compared to the other places we have been.  We simply walked the streets and had a delightful lunch at a Poke place (eternal question, is that pronounced "Pokaaa" or "Pokee" or Poke like finger in the eye?).

The Shorebilly is back in our possession and the heat appears to be working well.  I will leave the heat pump running all night and hopefully be happy in he morning.

Shorebilly Too getting ready to go in the water!

Take care all and be kind.