2 Days as liveaboards.

It's not all its cracked up to be!

We spent the past 2 days unpacking and throwing stuff away. Not sure if the boat is actually going to move anymore, too much stuff. Marina managed to fit all our clothes into 2 small closets. She says I have more clothes than she does. I didn't count.

We have also been busy installing our second solar panel. We now have 450 Watts of solar and a wind turbine that works...when the wind blows. Where we are at, the wind rarely blows. So we chose to cover up.

Marina sewed a bimini for us, that helps a bunch and we put a big grey tarp over the rest of the boat. We now look like Gypsies. We thought we lost the bimini for a while, but she found it. Had a small melt down, but recovered rather quickly.

Showers are still the best part of the day. Hot and sweaty all day. That shower and a rum and coke is beyond wonderful. Actually the shower is better than the rum and coke. Imagine spending all day outside in 91 degree weather and 91% humidity. Now work!!!!! Work hard. Try to hide from the sun, good luck. It has a way of finding you. The windows open to let the breeze in, oh wait, no wind over here, instead the sun fills it's absence. Marina was lying on the floor with her legs on the mast trying to keep cool. There are 4 little fans that run constantly. All they do is push the hot air around.

We did rented a movie last night. That was nice. After a while you actually forget you are on a boat. The sweat behind your back and legs seems to feel quite nice when the fan blows on you. It's almost paradise.

we are sitting in Randalls using the wifi, but no power outlets. Time is limited, must type fast. Marina just bought ice cream and some food. How in the world do we plan to keep the ice cream frozen? I guess we have to eat it all....now!

I had iced coffee. Do you think we miss ice? We have bag of ice in the fridge, it melts and drains into the bildge. That's not bad, except in the middle of the night when the bildge pump kicks on and scares you to death thinking the boat is sinking, on top of that the window hatch slams shut for some reason. This is startling as well in the middle of the night. Speaking of sinking, I am on boat watch duty. The guy next too us has several problems he shared with me. He has a diesel leak into the bildge, the Shaft seal leaks salt water into the bildge and ...on top of that the bildge pump does not work. :-) He want's me to watch the boat...uh sink. He has a bigger bildge pump that kicks on when there is a foot of water in the bildge. I check on it daily and kick it on to keep the water level low. He's a good guy.

well, must eat the ice cream before marina finished it all.