[Kevin's Post]Not much to report here. We're still at the marina in Solomons Island enjoying the facilities. It is brutally hot here this week, it is supposed to get to 100 today and tomorrow. The water is so thick with jellyfish that the air conditioning through-hull is getting clogged on a regular basis. At night the water looks like something out of a horror movie there are so many of them. Luckily the through-hull is on the outside and not between the hulls, otherwise it would be impossible to clean without getting in the water. As it is I can reach it with a brush on a pole since it is only a couple feet below the waterline. There is a grill over the through-hull which keeps big stuff out and a strainer inside the boat that catches the smaller stuff. THe jellyfish are getting sucked against the grill and blocking the water flow. I'm having to clean it several times a day, but it is a small price to pay to keep the air conditioning running.
When we're not battling the jellyfish, we read, watch movies/tv, surf the internet, balance things on the cat's head, and occasionally do some work on the boat. I've dismantled the entire cooling system on the genset and have finally tracked down the correct parts manual for the genset diesel. So now I can actually order replacement parts. Its tough to get up the energy to do any projects outside with it being so hot, and we don't have too many inside projects.
[Kevin's Post]Not much to report here. We're still at the marina in Solomons Island enjoying the facilities. It is brutally hot here this week, it is supposed to get to 100 today and tomorrow. The water is so thick with jellyfish that the air conditioning through-hull is getting clogged on a regular basis. At night the water looks like something out of a horror movie there are so many of them. Luckily the through-hull is on the outside and not between the hulls, otherwise it would be impossible to clean without getting in the water. As it is I can reach it with a brush on a pole since it is only a couple feet below the waterline. There is a grill over the through-hull which keeps big stuff out and a strainer inside the boat that catches the smaller stuff. THe jellyfish are getting sucked against the grill and blocking the water flow. I'm having to clean it several times a day, but it is a small price to pay to keep the air conditioning running.
When we're not battling the jellyfish, we read, watch movies/tv, surf the internet, balance things on the cat's head, and occasionally do some work on the boat. I've dismantled the entire cooling system on the genset and have finally tracked down the correct parts manual for the genset diesel. So now I can actually order replacement parts. Its tough to get up the energy to do any projects outside with it being so hot, and we don't have too many inside projects.
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