Another Day

We finally left Tenacatita on Monday after two wonderful weeks of rest and relaxation.  We swam, we snorkled, we took digny rides and read many books.  Altogether a wonderful week meeting new friends and figuring out what to do next.

We did have one to do item that came up unexpectedly late one evening.  We were both just about asleep when we heard the bilge pump going, not a good thing at any time but especially bad when we had not heard it in months.  Knowing something was wrong we checked all possible sources and found that the hot water tank was empty!  That could only mean one thing, leaky fittings at the tank so Rog jumped right in and tried tightening everything, adding additional hose clamps and all the other usual to no avail.  This was going to require new fittings right at the tank and we had nothing that worked on the boat.  He went through his entire stash of pv parts so we knew what would be required.  So after a rather restless night waiting to hear the bilge go off again in case that was not the real source of our leak Rog headed over to La Manzanillo for the fourth time in a week.  Luckily we had scouted the village hard on previous trips so we knew he should be able to find some sort of parts that would work at least temporarily.  By noon the next morning everything had been put back together and we once again had pressure water.

You will notice that Rog has gone to metal reinforced hose and red pvc fittings.  Never saw the likes of the red pvc in the states.

Next to do--have some fun