He fixed it. He called the guy who designs and sells these things, discussed the matter, and the bottom line is we are now making water. He also took this opportunity to mak it a tighter system. And the water quality is very, very good. I checked the calendar and we are getting out of here and heading to Panama by the 17th. We have to make one more trip to San Salvador for last minute provisioning, then off we go. The water maker gives us a sort of freedom that is almost more important than anything else. We can live without a lot of things, but fresh water is not oneof those things.
Otherwise, things are fine and there is nothng new. Nothing else seems to be broken. Actually, the boat is in btter shape than she has ever been. We went through more lockers and storage bins, and threw out or gave away lots of stuff that we just didn't need and weren't going to need in the future. We have done this three or four times since we got the boat, and each time things get more orderly and neat. There is actually some extra storage space now. Everything is also very clean. It is just as well we are leaving soon as our El Salvador courtesy flag is torn to bits. (Although it really doesn't matter as El Salvador is not particularly strict about the courtesy flag issue.)
We have also seen one of our geckos in the last few days, so we did not kill all of them at least when we used the wood restorer. I have no idea what happened to the other four. I am hoping they are alive and well, living in the bowels of the ship happily eating cockroaches.
So the great sailing adventure will resume shortly. This hiatus has been too long. I am looking forward to a multi-day passage and looking forward to my night watches and my sunrises. Today is a good day.
"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." (Jack Kerouac)
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