And now for something different

So much time is spent fixing things, cleaning things and shopping to fix and clean with.  It is about a 10 minute dinghy ride to the dock.  How hard the wind is blowing and which direction it's coming from determine how wet you'll be at the end.  We have started using our lifejackets to block the worst of the splash and it seems to work well.  Then we ride our bikes to whichever store has what we need.  They are always in opposite directions but never more than a few miles apart.  It's good exercise anyway.  We also get to meet so many interesting people along the way, checking the mail, doing laundry or just hanging out.  It's not always an easy life but it's never boring!

Since we are not on a dock, getting water is a bit of an effort.  There is a spigot at the marina
but you have to get the water from the spigot to your tanks.  David found a 20 gallon water bladder
that fits in the bottom of the dinghy.  He fills it then pumps it from the bladder to the tanks.
So much easier than lifting 5 gallon jugs over our rails.

The deckside apparatus.  One tube goes to the bladder then to the pump
and the second tube goes from the pump to the tank.  We have 3 water tanks so
it's easy to more around.  We get about 80 gallons a week.

This condo faced the worst of Hurricane Irma.  Even 18 months later
was still under repair.

This is a boat wreck at low tide off the place we went for Valentine's Day.

These bubbles are freestanding and really bring the air down into the boat.

The super moon was gorgeous.  The sky was clear and it seemed to fill
the harbor with bright light for hours.

It's hard to miss a sunset like this!

Another project up the mast.

A bird's eye view from the mizzen mast spreader.  You can see how much stuff
we attach to the mast.  Horn, antennas, radar and wind generator. 
Second masts are handy.

You can see our wind bubbles and 3 portable solar panels.

The bird's eye view of the harbor.

The small mushroom antenna was the purpose for the climb.  It is
our XM radio antenna.  A bonus was getting the bottom of the spreaders
clean and checking that the wind generator blades are all still
solidly attached.