Still, still in Oriental

August 23, 2007 Thursday
Yup, we haven't left yet. But we will, real soon now. In a very laid-back way we have been improving things in the mechanical realm - like we upgraded our air conditioner. In this heat, the A/C unit is indispensable. Inside the cabin with the heat and humidity, you can't sleep, cook, and its even too hot to read. So we put a new salt water pump on the A/C so that it would stop its nasty habit of blowing the circuit breaker every few hours. Then we added a new 30 amp circuit just for the air conditioner so that we didn't have to turn it off to use the microwave.
And yesterday, we overhauled our inflatable dinghy which got a bit tired under the strong Mexican sun. We'll be needing it when anchored off NYC. With those and a few more projects out of the way, we feel that we are at the 100% level of readiness, so I guess no more excuses. Stay tuned.