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New backup Jabsco raw water pump painted, inspected - ready for use - 2019

 The new Jabsco (JAB 29450-1701 3017)  engine raw water pump got a couple of coats of the Beta Marine red paint. Here I am removing the blue tape.

Danny and Deborah on s\v Cyclades at campground - 2019

Danny and Deborah of s\v Cyclades at the campground 
by the beach with their camper. Gotta love the horns! 

New Ricardo carry-on suitcases purchased from Costco - 2019

A blue one for Debbie and gray one for me - dog not included 😀 

Hose clamps,5\16 - 5\8 all stainless steel purchased - 2019

Good hose clamps. These have a stainless steel screw and are 316 stainless steel. Also they do not have the groves cut through so they will not cut the hose. 

Super Lube Dielectric Grease, Zipper Lube and eye glasses holder purchased - 2019

Also I picked up the last "Sailing Supply" glasses holder. 
Sailing Supply is now part of Downwind Marine..

ICOM 802 SSB backstay antenna wire split bolt clamp purchased - 2019

 This is a spare for the one that is up there now. 
Good to have a spare😊 We purchased this at Home Depot.

New flag of Mexico and halyard purchased - 2019

Mexican flag and halward purchased again this season. For us, they last about a cruising season and then get ripped apart by the wind due to sun damage. The flag we purchased at Downwind Marine and the halyard at West Marine.

Honda 9.9 hp outboard gas line hose barb purchased as spare - 2019

We went to the Dinghy Doctor and picked up a gas line hose barb to Honda 9.9 hp outboard fuel connector. It is a spare and could save us a lot of grief if our current one splits or breaks. Also, we got a couple free key chains (if you can call that free)😀

Safely tucked away for hurricane "Lorena" in PV - 2019

Jorge (who is watching our boat) sent us this video of our boat in the middle of the storm (Lorena) and just shows you how safe our boat is in Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta! Thank you, Jorge and PVM!!

Vesper Marine smartAIS XB 8000 purchased! - 2019

 This Vesper Marine smartAIS XB 8000 unit will allow us 
to broadcast our position as right now we can only receive
 AIS information. It also has a nice anchor watch with external alarms. 

20' of Trident water hose purchased to fix stern shower - 2019

Our stern shower with Trident hose started to come apart and leaked. This 1\2" hose runs from under the galley sink from a valve out to the stern shower

GPSMAP 942 purchased to replace our GPSMAP 740 chart plotter - 2019

We purchased our new Garmin GPSMAP 942 chart plotter from Shelter Island Marine Electronics. Our new chartplotter has a 2" bigger screen. Our old Garmin 740 chart plotter is going bad. It has now not only shrinking screen edges but some big black dots on the screen.

New cap rail rub strakes for our spring lines 18" x 1" - 2019

 Our current strakes are 12" X 1" and are not long enough, 
so we purchased these two at Downwind Marine.

Supplies for the Spectra Ventura Watermaker 200T Deluxe -purchased 2019

Spectra Ventura Watermaker 200T Deluxe pickling compound. We purchased two of these. We also purchased some prefilters. We purchased these from Daily Water Makers on Shelter drive, San Diego, Ca..

Bomar hatch sealing rubber gasket purchased - 2019

Debbie is at Downwind Marine looking at our blog for the size 
of the rubber gasket on the Bomar - Pompanettellc Hatch, 100 series.
We found our size which is 9\16 for the rubber seal 
around the hatch cover and the hatch is 20 1/8" x 20 1/8".

Some boat bottom cleaning supplies purchased - 2019

There is a  boat bottom cleaning store "HC Supply" on Shelter Island
 in San Diego so we picked up a few items.

New zincs purchased for flopper stopper (Magma : Rock N Roll Stabilizer) - 2019

 The zincs we put on help keep the Magma Rock N Roll Stabilizer from getting pitted etc.
We use four at a time. We tried less but for us in Mexico, four is what we need to keep the pitting at bay. We got these four at Marine Exchange.  And there is a place on the flopper stopper for four 😀

Booties purchased for cleaning the bottom - 2019

 These booties will be great for cleaning the bottom of our boat
 in colder water, like the Sea of Cortés (Gulf of California). These are H2Odyssey Wave Gear  High Top socks. BK10XL

Full wetsuit purchased for our diver friend "Beto" in Bahia de Navidad, Mexico - 2019

 While in Bahia de Navidad, Mexico we have "Beto" clean our boat bottom. Maybe that happens twice a year. Beto had pleaded with us to bring him back a wetsuit, size large.

Debbie's new Harken gloves - 2019


Debbie's new Harken gloves from Downwind Marine aks (Sailing Supply). Debbie had purchased some Gill gloves a couple years ago but they did not hold up well. She wrote to Gill but never got any replies. The person at Downwind Marine saud he had a pair of the Harken gloves and they have held up well. We shall see?

New Harken main sheet fiddle block purchased - 2019

 The 41 year old Schaefer 3-sheave fiddle block 
is getting replaced with this new Harken 6086 Fiddle Block.

Caprail before and then after varnishing - 2019


The before videos of the caprail. That is before I stripped them for varnishing.
The little bubbles, I think, is the morning dew.