Stainless Steel Laundry Drying Rack clothes hanger purchased - 2018

This item we saw on s/v Due West here at the marina. It was hanging in the cockpit (two of them) and seems very handy for drying out clothes or rags! Debbie ordered one for our boat s\v Elegant'sea.

C.S. Osborne Automatic Awl Haft, - purchased - 2018

This C.S. Osborne Automatic Awl Haft, Steel/Wood will be of great use if we break a sail slug or need to sew something on the sails without removing the sail.

30L Waterproof Dry Bag Backpack by VITCHELO - purchased - 2018

 We just ordered ou dry back pack we wanted.
We chose the:back pack for our kayak and SUP travels. We can also toss it into the dinghy if we want. We wanted a dry bag not too big and easy to cary. We do have one, it is not a back pack however.
March 2018 - Currently in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico (Puerto Vallarta Jalisco)

Grtdhx 16GB Bluetooth MP3 Player - purchased


16GB Bluetooth MP3 Player with FM Radio/Voice Recorder, Lossless Sound, Metal Touch button, 1.8 Inch Color Screen, 50 Hours Playback, HD Sound Quality Earphone, with an Armband, Black.

March 2018 - Currently in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico (Puerto Vallarta Jalisco)

We purchased this a while back but I never posted it. We thought and were correct that this would be great on watch. It has worked out well and for other things also.

Ooops! Cut off the wrong end! - Philips C-Pap in stateroom - 2018

A project that is in its third iteration with this extension chord. I was going to run this chord to replace two household extension chords we were using.

Garhauer Rigid Boom Vang RV-20-1SL - Just ordered - Part 1 - 2018

It is about time for s\v Elegant'sea to get a rigid boom vang. 
Garhauer had the best price and Mark at Garhauer did great customer support. 

New wet shoes and flip flops - 2018

 This post is mostly for our records but it may yet be of some use to others.
These I purchased because I saw them, and flip flops in my size "11" are real hard to find here in Mexico....not uncommon in the US. These are "Crocs' which I find really comfortable. These will be great for taking showers on shore.

March 2018 - Currently in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico (Puerto Vallarta Jalisco)

Zep - Mold Mildew remover at Home Depot

This product has done a great job of cleaning up things.
For instance our "Horse Shoe Buoy" was pretty bad looking and this product cleaned it up. 
Sprayed it on and later washed it off. That is about as easy as it can get. It also cleans up "Starboard". Granted our  "Horse Shoe Buoy"  is old and still does not look new...it is way better than it was.

Crocodile in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay, Mexico - 2018

The croc is waiting for paddle boarders?!?! 
There is a crocodile reserve by the marina, at the gold course. It is possible they are linked..We have seen other crocodiles here also but this is the biggest.

March 2018 - Currently in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico (Puerto Vallarta Jalisco)

Dodger visor:update - pvc - 2018

After we made the PVC pole for the visor we decided that it would be easier to store it if the line was separate. So I drilled a couple of holes and Debbie put a line through for a loop.

Anchoring LED bow, stern and amidships lights - Velcro added for solar panel LED strips - 2018

The Velcro keeps the sun off the light lenses. We were worried that the constant sun would turn the LED strip light lenses into the faded, blurred lenses like car head lights get. 

Broken handle, Shade screen



Now the Oceanair Skyscreen handle broke on the blind side! Yes, we just replaced the handle on the screen side! This is one of four Oceanair Skyscreens we have. The others are doing fine.
March 2018 - Currently in Marina Vallarta, Banderas Bay Mexico (Puerto Vallarta Jalisco)
The stateroom Oceanair Skyscreen gets the most use so it is logical it would be the one to have handle problems. This time we did not want to take the time to remove the Oceanair Skyscreen and fix the handle. We do have one spare handle left, instead we just drilled a couple of holes in the bracket under where the handle goes and attached a piece of line for a pull. Works fine for now and this summer we will remove the Oceanair Skyscreens again and replace the handle. The holes drilled will not show as the handle will cover the.

Starboard aft lazerett net for storage: repaired - 2018

In our rear starboard lazerett we have a net which we installed
to keep gear that we store there from resting upon the quadrant.