Fueling Up

In between the shopping for parts and other chores, we've been attending some really good work shops like diesel engine maintenance, and damage control - enclosed is a shot of how to patch a broken hose. Such tricks are very helpful to keep the sea water on the outside of the hull.




In all, there were some 9 boats leaving Ft Lauderdale, all needing lots of fuel. The diesel oil is delivered in a clever fuel barge that pulls up along side and drops these two steel pilings into the mud. He's about a foot away from us and he hands us the hose - no tie-ups, no fenders.



You can see here what happened when Chris fueled up the starboard side first.



Thursday night we had our bon voyage party, our group is made up of an interesting collection of personalities.