so today i was up at dawn again to move palapa over to the fuel dock before the wind came up. i had checked the fuel the day before and we where right on empty. this is due to running the genset and aircon everyday. i am thinking .6 gal per hour x 10 hours = 6 gal per day = $30 yikes! we got the boat over to the fuel dock and aimee worked on yoga until the office opened. i took 80 gal and i...
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and worst “Chinese” food ever … i needed yet another shcackel for palapa so after aimee’s yoga we headed over to the marine store about 2 nm away in crowns bay. the new dingy is so fun to drive aimee insisted on coming. this made the trip more fun but instead of the 3$ shackel we ended up with 60$ worth of parts including some new polish that came highly recommended aimee...
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so aimee dragged me out of bed this am to watch the sunrise. it is one of our “anniversaries” 2 years, who would have guessed! we enjoyed coffee and vitamin drink while waiting on the sun. it took a but longer as we had a mountain in the way but eventually we got our sunrise! shortly after the sun, i looked off the stern and saw the massive disney cruise ship pulling into the dock...
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so i was able to finish up the head first thing without too much pain. i must say i highly recommend this raritan model. even better than the vacu-flush, larry, quieter, minimal water and no extra vacuum tank. i added a switch to give flush dry function but normally you just press the push button for about 5 seconds and woosh! everything is gone with pressure fresh water flush! i spent the...
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so today i worked all day on the head, cross checking the fedex website waiting on the 10$ per foot “super flex” hose that was necessary for the head project completion. i got everything in place replumed for pressure water to the forward heard, drilled holes everything. then at 430 my final part arrived. it took me another hour to get the hose installed and the head bolted down....
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