Wednesday 25th June.

Rainy and cooler.  We launched today without any issues and now have a nice spot where we can reach the wifi from the boat.  After launching, the winds weren’t too strong so we took the opportunity of bending on our 3 sails. (Forecasts indicate we won’t be able to for the next 2 days).  So we finished the day in pretty good shape. 

And… I know I said I wouldn’t mention the telephony hell again, but I feel I must, at least to give a local guy here in Souris the credit he deserves. 

After Bell gave me misinformation, I went to see a guy in a local telephone store.  He initially spent an hour trying to get my phone to work, even though it wasn’t his problem.  He said he’d charge me $10 for his efforts so far and I'd pay him next time I was in the store.  I went away to try a few things and promised to return the next day which I did.  He tried a few more things, including selling me an $11 replacement sim card.  That didn’t work either.  I went away to talk to Verizon (who sold me the phone), and returned the next day.  We discussed options.  I had an old phone which we had planned to use on the Bell network (much better data coverage) but couldn’t get to work.  I also had a new phone which we had planned to use for voice via Verizon wireless (much cheaper).  The new phone would probably work with a Bell sim card enabling us to switch sim cards on the new phone to get voice and data.  BUT the physical sizes of the sims were different.  So you’d expect him to sell me another sim right?  No, he got his snips out and trimmed the sim he sold me 2 days ago to fit the new phone.  And it worked!!  And he wouldn’t take anything more for the time he spent.  So the long and the short of it is that he spent about 4 hours of his time, sold me a sim card, and fixed a problem that wasn’t his making.  My total cost:  $11.  Welcome to PEI Hospitality!