so it continued raining until noon the day before the show. fortunately aimee had completed the stainless and the waxing and polishing so palapa cleaned up pretty quickly. the night before the show we headed out to the welcome event. of course aimee got the arrival time wrong and we showed up at 5pm vs 8pm. we had also shared this info with jeremi and his wife on another monohull...
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so we decided we needed to get back to the usvi a few days before the show to get everything lined up. we had a great sail over with aimee’s friend alex and just got him to the dock in time for his flight back. we elected to stay on the fuel dock opposite the cruise ship dock for a few days before we move out to the nosebleed end of the dock with all the monohulls. we got another load...
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so this morning was finally d-day and h-hour for the head unclog activity. seth and i had reviewed the options previously and when i [picked him up he had his head unclog kit. two massive throttle cables for reaming out the clog and a bag of disposable rags. initially aimee had declined my offer to leave palapa during the event but fortunately jaimee came by to take her for a hike as we where...
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so today we wasted no time heading over to the dingy for the maiden voyage. i was ready to launch out of the gate but seth wanted to wash the dingy first. after an hour of spraying we where ready to go. seth and i envisioned a multi person process but the dingy dock guys just pushed the boat forward and let is slide down the ramp (with fake wood cross bars) and splash into the water knocking...
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i headed in to double D just after dawn to get to the dingy project going. seth was a bit dazed but hit go on the coffee and after what seemed an eternity we where off to the dingy dock tools in hand. we got going on the hole and running cables straight away. the good news was we did not make and “extra” holes and we even had a 2.5 inch hole saw for the tachometer. on the bad...
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marcello had sprayed the area with gelcoat the previous evening and today he came by and wet sanded everything. when he was done you could not see any evidence of a hole. amazing. i wish i had the patience to do this sort of work. i seem to do much better with projects that involve nut and bolts not chemicals! aimee and i did a final wash down of palapa before heading over to road town. seth...
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