"Lack Motivation paying off..."

                    As stated before, “There's always stuff to do on a boat, just not always the motivation.”.   Lately irony has proven, that's not always a bad thing. Some things, we've been meaning to get around to, that function better broken.

                    We have spent time, and money, building nets and gutters to collect rain. They work, not as well as we hoped, but we can collect a gallon or two in a good down pour. As irony would have it I was cleaning out the kitchen cabinets one day and left our ten gallon garbage can in the cockpit to air out overnight. That night it rained, and to our surprise the garbage can was full of water the next morning. It had been left directly under two little holes drilled in the hard top, but not used, when we installed the solar panels. We've been meaning to plug them up, but now they're our best source for collecting fresh water!

                    The front stateroom has a ceiling hatch allows a cool breeze through the entire cabin, and makes a nice escape route if needed. Originally it had to be propped up creating a problem when sailing, it would catch on the jib, or if it's windy, than it's bye bye door. As irony would have it one calm day a huge gust blew up from out of no where, and pulled the door right off it's hinges. This is not an easy fix, since it means replacing the fiberglass to reattach it to the frame. (That requires a week of no rain in the rainy season.) While waiting for a sunny week we found it's actually a lot more convenient this way. Now we just slide it back without worry that it blowing away, or get caught in the jib. Also we hangout on the bow a lot more.. It makes a nice little table for eating meals, and doing projects, while still getting a breeze through the cabins.

Now if only there were benefits to not cleaning barnacles off the bottom of the boat....