Total Let Down

Total let down—11^th December 2012

I had a plan for the football—get the key to the lounge and watch the Patriots vs. Texans there.  In the afternoon I asked for the key in the marina office.  I was told that someone already had it for the night.  The marina staff seemed confident that I would have no problem watching the game.  So I toddled over there at 8:20pm just in time for kick off.  The lounge was locked and dark, even the TV was turned off.  I checked the key return box to see if the other guest had returned it—no dice.  I returned to the boat dejected.  After all these weeks of finding somewhere to watch the game, going to shore in all weathers, returning to the boat in the dark, I feel I have an investment in the Pats season.  Also, let’s be honest, watching the game in the air-conditioned lounge seemed lots better than sitting around on the boat with all the windows and hatches shut.

For a moment there I thought I had a partial solution.  The adapter that should allow us to connect the Sirius radio feed (from the GPS system) to the stereo arrived yesterday in the post.  After much fooling around I did manage to get some Sirius radio signals.  What I got was the sort of master channel that ceaselessly tells you what channel has the football game you want to hear (and any other type of radio station you might desire).  However it would appear that our stero doesn’t have what it takes to select the Sirius station.  All we can receive is this blather about ‘for soft rock with a Christian emphasis tune to channel 97’.  ARRGGHH!  In desperation at 10 pm I walked back to the marina office to see if the mystery guest had showed up—no luck.  All I know is that the Pats won. That’s some comfort I guess.