Yesterday was a beautiful day we spent anchored in Station Creek again. We worked hard stripping the varnish off the portside cap rail. It runs the full length of the boat. The brightwork teak had been neglected by the previous owner and water had begun to seep under the varnish in places where there were seams in the teak or where hardware was attached. We did the worst parts last spring, but the problem was the new varnishdidn't exactly match the old. Two toned cap rails look crappy so the whole thing needed to be stripped and re-done. So we are taking it in steps. Yesterday we stripped the port side from bow to the rear entry door, about 35 feet. Used a heat gun and scrapers. Today we motored up to Port Royal Landing Marina near Beaufort, about an hour and will stay here for 3 nights. The sole purpose is to get the first few coats of varnish on before we move on south. In the mean time, while Cindy is varnishing, I did other chores. We ran into a bit of a Head Issue. Our septic system is really a good one, but it is 17 years old. The toilet flushes with a vacuum flush system. It appeared to be failing the past couple of days with the circuit breaker tripping. Usually this means it is plugged with whatever. So below decks I went. I took the system apart and it was clean, nothing plugging it up, but still a "crappy" job. But I replaced the valves and it is working great now. So much stuff on a boat works best if the boat is used. These valves and other systems rely on lubrication, gaskets that stay lubed etc. When the boat isn't used they dry out and things fail and I think that is what happened. Anyway things are working, varnish is drying and tequila is on ice. We will be here until Saturday, by then 4 coats of varnish will be on and it will be time to move. The weather is nice but cool for here I think, lows around 45-50 and highs upper 60s, but good work weather.