Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Alligator wrestling...

Well, that's how Joan described it.  Today was laundry day.  It was also a rainy day.  After we cleaned up this morning, Joan went into the v-berth to strip the bedding for the laundry... and we both spent a bunch of time wiping down the condensation.  While she was sorting laundry, I was tasked with cutting down one of the v-berth cushions to make it fit better under the electrical panel.

Tomorrow is our first day of work (training), so I went to the office to see if there was anything I needed to bring... Joan went off to the marina laundromat.  The machines run on tokens.  It wasn't like we've been saving up laundry, but Joan used $20 in tokens today!

When she got back to the boat, the "wrestling" began again.  No, not us... she had to put the bedding back on the v-berth...

She is not taking a nap, she is making the bed.

Onboard a boat with a v-berth, making the bed is a full body contact sport!  She is younger, more nimble, more flexible, and much neater than I am... this is considered a "pink job" on our boat. ;-)

No, there are no alligators up here in the PNW - they couldn't survive the water temperature!

With that task done, we went back to the Customs office to work on the process to be able to phone in our return trips from Canada.  The technical glitches of last week have apparently been solved, and they were able to log all our information (again), and take photos and fingerprints.  We are officially in the system.


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Welcome to boating in the PNW! :)

You might want to think about getting some "Damp Rid". They make smallish containers where the condensate drips into a container below the basket, unlike the Dri-Z-Air ones which are open, yet they're relatively well sealed so Izzy can't get into it.

If you're on shore power they also make electric dehumidifiers but they're not cheap.

Once the weather warms up a bit the condensation problem will hopefully go away.

Captain Jim and the Blonde said...

Ah, yes, we are familiar with Damp-Rid, been using it for years. Works fine when the boat is in storage, but can't keep up with it when you're living in the boat.

We're looking forward to that whole warming thing. ;-)