Category: 2022 – 2023 Season 4

Up at 7, I replaced the filter on the holding tank vent (it had to dry out before filling it with carbon). Then Reneé started our sheets in the washer and made a breakfast casserole. She is headed to Refuge of Hope this morning to help there.

From the net this morning, we have another hurricane headed towards San Blas (north of us) in the next week.

Plans for the day:

• • • Fix latch on cabinet
    • Tighten rack for paddle boards
    • Sell the rack for the solar panels
    • Install holding tank vent filter

While Reneé started the sheets, I forgot they were going and did not take them out until she got back to the boat. OOPS! Well they got hung up to dry. I was able to sell the frame for the solar panels (so all of the stuff is now gone!). Reneé forgot her phone today while she was at one of the stores. She called me (from a borrowed phone) and asked me to find it for her using the FIND MY PHONE, I was able to identify where it was and she caught a bus back and got it, the lady at the store had seen the phone and just put it aside waiting for her to come back.

I waited for Gareth to get here and he finally arrived at 4 pm. We are planning on leaving at 4:30 to go to the pool and then later we are having game night with the other cruisers.

No Pictures today

Up at 7, breakfast and the net. Did our bible reading and the generator repair guys are supposed to be here at about 10 am. Our day did not start out well. The guys who pump holding tanks here in the marina were all set up to pump us out on Thursday and we thought that they did, but apparently not. So, we had a nasty surprise in our forward head at the vent for the holding tank. We got them to come and pump us out promptly today, YEAH! And I have cleaned up the floor, I will wait until the guys working on the generator leave to change the vent filter as I expect it to stink quite a bit.
The generator guys arrived on time and began working. They identified some issues in addition to the exciter coil being bad. I will only say the work is on going. For the full story on the generator, see the post titled GENERATOR REPAIR SAGA.
Reneé went to aqua aerobics today as well as making a trip to the bank and the office.

Up at 7, breakfast and off to church on time. Great message on God being there and getting “it” done, not necessarily our way. Then brunch with a bunch of people at Brenda’s (actually a different name, but the owner is Brenda who used to be a cook at Rhythm and Blues. Followed by a stop at a couple of stores then back for a nap and pool time. We headed to the Adult pool, but it was roped off, then to the kids pool and followed by a text that said the cruisers were headed to the Lap pool so we moved over there. Finally back to the boat, dinner and after it cooled down we folded up the canopy. When we were getting off the boat, one of the security guards was walking by and pointed out in the water to see a crocodile swimming by and he also warned us about a bee issue on one of the boats between us and the showers.
Finally back to the boat and bed.

Up at 7 am, breakfast and Gareth was here by about 8 am. More work on the aft AC unit. Reneé took down the forward part of the canopy so she can hang laundry out to save some money on going to the laundromat. Jodie came by to get a quick tour and get rid of her excess groceries (she is flying home soon).

Gareth and his apprentice finished cleaning the aft AC unit, and have determined it needs some freon (which is type 407C and he doesn’t have it with him (neither do we).So, he will get some and come another time. The thermal overload is bad, and a new on is on order. Which means we won’t run it until we get it installed, but we bypassed it to test the unit. The above was written about noon, this turned in to a very long day. Gareth flushed all three AC units, and two out of three are working much better than they were, the aft unit also got a plumbing snake up the discharge hose for the water which improved flow considerably. At this point it still didn’t have a thermal overload. Somewhere in the process of flushing the forward unit, it stopped working. Gareth spent about 5 hours troubleshooting the problem and then moved the overload from the forward unit to the one in our stateroom as the forward one is still broken. Finally he was done for the day at about 1030 pm. A very long day for all of us. Final status, Aft AC working very well, Salon AC working very well, forward AC not working.
We headed off and got showers and went to bed.

Up at 7, and get organized, Gareth is supposed to be here at 8 to work on the AC. He arrived at about 9 am. We had time to do our bible reading. Reneé is heading to the aqua aerobics. I will stay here and support the work. Some of the cleaning got done, but not all.

I have approved the estimate and work is supposed to start on Monday for the generator.

We left at 1 pm to join Larry and Val Ball to go out for her Birthday. We went to El Rio BBQ Bar. We had ribs (huge, tender fantastic!) and listened to a guy on a flute and and another guy on electric guitar, very good music.

Then back to the boat, showers and bed.