Warren has spent part of the past few days exploring various cavities and sumps and bilges etc in his quest for said smell. All for nought. No obvious reason why things are odiferous.
Sooo..today he cleaned out the front sump and venilated the front cabin, which was a bit ripe...in fact so ripe I refused to go there. One problem...we have company who need to go there at 10.30am tomorrow..more on that later...
Nothing showed up as a reason for the smell. He put some disinfectant around and dried it all out...not that it was wet at all, but...
So, we now have a lovely disinfectant smell added to the mix. We left the whole boat open to the small breeze as long as we could tolerate the heat, today, and it did quite a good job of clearing out the worst. It is still there in the background, but at least it is somewhat dissapated. We hope we wont gas out the guest tomorrow..
Ah yes...the guests tomorrow.
After refueling on tuesday, we are a bit lower in the water, by about 3-5 inches. The boat interior slopes towards the stern, which means the kitchen counter slopes that way, and things tend to want to go south, off the counter:). One of the reasons for this southward lean is the two spare propellers sitting in the Lazarette.
We had arranged with Dean and Chris to come over (well, I actually bribed them!!) tomorrow morning (saturday)to help Waz move these heavy props forward to under the guest berth (bed) where they were originally strapped down. They need to be strapped down because of their weight which could be a problem if we were in heavy seas. They are heavy, so we thought some help might be necessary to get them forw'd.
While I was out at Target today, Waz got these heavy things up out of the Lazarette all by himself and onto the cockpit floor. They sit there on some cardboard for now. Im glad he didnt actually move them forw'd all by himself. I dont need a cripple on the boat just as we contemplate moving out.
So...Dean and Chris are due at 10.30am tomorrow, and I have to make some scones and get the jam out. I have a little cream which I might whip, but it doesnt hold peaks well...not like kiwi cream! too hot perhaps?
Since eating the oysters on sunday night, I have had tummy troubles. Nothing too serious, but enough to give me cramps and feeling a bit off. I have discussed this with members of the staff here at the marina, in some depth. I am interested to know if the seafood we are eating locally is fit to be eaten. We when look at the quality of the water in the Gulf, we question the eating of ANY seafood out of it. I hope it isnt a parasite from drinking water...that is warned against in this region. The Harbormaster assures me they have their drinking water tested weekly, and if it wasnt ok, they would be out of business. This is the stuff that we fill up our holding tanks with for pretty much everything.
Lets hope it is just a low grade tummy bug and will end soon. If not, I might be taking worm tabs.
My visit to Target was prompted by the purchase of the Bread machine. Where to store it.
We have long wanted a foot stool for the salon...the newly covered chairs arent very long in the seat, which rather makes you want to put your feet up somewhere, but nowhere to do it. We had sussed out a small padded storage box (black) which is a 15 inch cube...perfectly fits under the coffee table. The bread maker also fits perfectly inside, weighing it down so it doesnt slide around under the table. So...perfect!
We also had need of some extra chairs/stools/seating. Out dinette is a bit uncomfortable with three people shoulder to shoulder, although it is supposed to seat 4. Hmmm...maybe not.
So, yesterday Waz and I had found some little folding stools which would easily fit into the back of the seats at the dinette. Herein lies the old adage, if you see it get it, coz it might not be there tomorrow.
Sure enough, the stools were not there today. In their place, were some very flat folding chairs which fit perfectly into the cavity we have saved for that purpose. they also happen to be quite comfy:)
Sorry..no photos of any of this yet.
We had a couple of things to take to the Post office in Seabrook..a rather funky place. We turned up...they asked us where we was from..Noo Zeeland!! Hey! One of our staff just returned from vacation in Noo Zeeland!!!...calls into the back of the PO brought forth the lady who had just returned. She LOOOOOOOOOOOves our country!!! Took the train from Auckland to Wellington, flew to Christchurch, back to Wgtn, then train again back to Akld. WOW! She loved every minute of it and will go again. YAYA!
We decided that the after school traffic was not worth fighting, so turned into Dairy Queen for refreshments (afternoon tea). We also decided that, being Friday, we would have Chinese eat in at our favorite place, Asian Wong, on NASA Rd 1. Super food and left overs for $20, the lot.
Of course, as we were already out on the road, there were a few places we hadnt seen that required us to go tiki-touring while it was still light. The sun is going down earlier now, so we have to be quicker.
We have driven past Bal Harbour and Nassau Blvd so many times, and never gone there. Tonight we did. This is all around the top of Clear Lake. Some of the lovely lakeside homes are straight out of Hollywood, and the large vessels docked outside show that they are something 'special'.
It got dark before we got very far, but we did manage an evening walk along a board walk at the head of the lake. Lovely!
We drove in and around the lakeside homes for half an hour or more, and ended up a mile north of where we started, as the crow flies. You would never have imagined we had just spent half an hour driving in and out of roads along the lake front. We will definitely go back there in daylight. We saw only ONE modern (more kiwi like) looking home that was under construction. It looks fantastic to our eyes, but I can imagine their neighbors think it is an eye-sore!
Well, Waz is falling asleep in his chair, having put his book down, and my eyes are having trouble staying open. The mozzies are out tonight, so our shower out back will be quick-smart, I think.
More pics tomorrow of the moving of the Props...lets hope they get there without falling on someone's toes!
Photos added later...
Warren had these out and sitting pretty by the time I returned from grocery shopping.
A few barnacles, but they are relatively easily taken off. For now, they are going under the guest bed! Nothing live on there, anymore, so guests can sleep easy.
Speaking of critters...there has been a crab living in the Genset exhaust...well, he is either cooked, now, or long gone...we hope the latter.
The stainless steel thinging out over the top of the dinghy (hmm) lifts the dinghy up and out onto the water. It also serves (under the occassional right circumstances) as a walking platform for us to get onto the dock. We cannot think of any time we might need to use this, but time will tell!
This is the dinghy platfor. The step up onto the cockpit deck is where I sit when I shower..well, until I have to soap and rinse the 'other' parts, and then I do a 'duck', in case someone with night sights is watching..ha! I hope they fall off their perch!
You can see the little shower door behind the cockpit door..see below..
Cold on the right and hot on the left. The shower head has an off, so as soon as yo have wet yourself, you turn off the water and then soap. You then rinse, using as little water as possible, as this comes straight out of the water tank, and we dont have a water maker...yet. It is on the Wish List!Night night.
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