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“Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese -toasted, mostly”

We have waited, waited some more, waited again, and again, while continuing to wait, only to wait again….finally to only be delayed by Covid-19 🦠, a container ship 🚢 stuck in the Suez Canal, and…..then we stalked, tracked, calculated, surmised, and timed the arrival of The NYK Meteor to it’s port. Today is a grand, delightful, wonderful, happy, joyous, triumph, marvelous, spectacular day! The container … Continue reading “Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese -toasted, mostly”

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“There is always a bigger fish!”

As we are waiting for the engines to arrive on the container ship 🚢…We have been doing all of the important projects to make it an easy process for our Diesel Mechanic Sean.👨‍🔧 We had to take time out and write this quick post. We had our boat neighbor tell us that there were 2 giant Goliath Groupers 🐟 under our boat the other night. … Continue reading “There is always a bigger fish!”

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“Just close your eyes and pretend it’s all a bad dream. That’s how I get by.”

Well, our engines have found their way to the warehouse. We have been doing small projects to make the time pass. Recently we got the “unofficial USCG certified Bikini Bottom life ring”. Captain Adam installed a bracket for one of our tablets. We will use it for Aquamaps and other non-chartplotter maps. The helm seat base was repainted, and all of the clutches for the … Continue reading “Just close your eyes and pretend it’s all a bad dream. That’s how I get by.”

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“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”

So, to burn some time while waiting for the new engines to arrive from overseas. Captain Adam and Bruno decided to put up the new jib sail. It was a hard fought battle. Nobody fell in the water through! 🐙🐳🦀🐠 A new 316 stainless 44 lb Danforth ⚓ now replaces the 50 lb Rocna⚓. This anchor ⚓is better suited for sandy and muddy bottoms, which … Continue reading “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”

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So, you want to be a Diesel mechanic? 👩‍🔧

This set of videos done by Captain Adam 🏴‍☠️ and Sean 👨‍🔧 from Coral Reef Diesel 🐠 are a guide on how to properly check, diagnose, document, and remove a Volvo MD2040 Diesel engine from a Manta Catamaran.⛵ (Without sinking the boat) It is worth noting, that keeping a log of your repairs, upgrades, and mechanical bills is a good way to make sure you … Continue reading So, you want to be a Diesel mechanic? 👩‍🔧

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