Use It! Or Lose It!

Not everyday is dedicated to snorkeling or diving among sea fans like this.

Today was the day to fire up the often troublesome watermaker. You guessed it... sitting idle for a month caused her to be a bit cranky this morning. Use It! Or Lose It!

After reinstalling the filters and opening the through hull, she was coaxed into building the necessary pressure to produce sweet wonderful water from sea water. It was then that water began squirting from one of the bolts in the Clarke Pump. Having salt water spray beneath the bunk in the forward stateroom is not a good thing, so the pump was shut down and will need to be rebuilt for the umteenth time tomorrow morning.

On the upside, Bill spent some inspirational time with a watercolor artist this afternoon. She is quite talented and if the watermaker works tomorrow afternoon, Bill will return to working on Abby's book, "Have You Ever Tried To Reason With A Fly?"


Linda successfully talked Citibank into honoring our purchase of a new camera. It is always a joy to talk with Citibank.

We are all well here in Palau. Until tommorrow!