All of a sudden it was quiet. On a boat one gets super sensitive to noises, or lack there of, in this case. The generator had shut off…in the middle of charging the house batteries. So down to the engine room. Clue #1 as long as I kept the glow …
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Our Sun Shade
When we were planning to go to the Sea of Cortez (no longer) we had two large sun shades made for Aries Too. One for the front of the boat, to keep the forward VIP cabin in shade, another to cover the boat deck and provide shade for the saloon. After…
St George's Harbor
The capital of Grenada, St George’s is a cruise ship destination with Grenada’s famous 3-mile long Grand Anse (French for cove) Beach. (View Post…)
Grenville Nutmeg Processing Plant
We, finally, took a tour around the island, up to Belmont Estates (cocoa), then a stop at Grenville: a tour of the labor intensive nutmeg processing plant, found small 2amp 250V glass fuses for the VM1200 watermaker salinity board, AND bought a lovely…
Banana Bread — The "Cook's" Way
FOOD: Yesterday, while the said generator was on, I made banana bread. There are always ripe bananas on board, since it is one fruit that is available everywhere all the time in the Caribbean Islands. (Continued…)
More Reality
MECH: Yesterday I tackled the grey water tank issue. Probes not working so that the pump was not turning on when the level reached ‘mid’. One thing about a boat, when you hear (or see something odd), like gurgling sink drains, it only goes downhill …
Back to Reality
MECH: The big water maker (Village Marine 1200 aka 50 gal/hour reverse osmosis) wasn’t working. Rather, it was making water but the diverting value was stuck closed so that good ‘product’ was being dumped overboard. Clue #1: the upper panel of the s…
Dog Walker and clients outside of 108
Somehow this frequent scene strikes me as typical NYC. It also is in front of our apartment building. (View Post…)
More Bread Making
Pita, Focaccia, Naan (View Post…)
I LOVE NY
Aries Too is in Grenada with Douglas and the kitties watching over her. I, Linda, went to New York to oversee the refurbishment of our apartment to ready it for sale. The market it hot, sizzling. We always planned to sell, it was a question of when….
