WORKING ON COYABA AGAIN

We arrived Tuesday to St. Augustine and went to the boat from our hotel first thing Wed. morning. It is very hot and humid here and there has been a lot of rain and wind. The ceiling from our flybridge came down (one panel) so another repair job is in order. I've hated that ceiling anyway as it is a vinyl one and mold loves it! There is a lot of mold up there again even though I sprayed it with a repellent before we left last May. Needless to say that ceiling will be replaced and not with vinyl. The interior of the boat was not too bad but a lot of humidity.

Today Paul was working on the generator. A piece of it has to be replaced. It was leaking water slowly last year and we “babied” it for the last month or so. The watermaker was taken apart today as this is another project to look at. The watermaker was making great water for showering but not for drinking according to the World Health Organization. We will get new membranes for it so we will have drinking water next year in the Bahamas instead of buying the drinking water.

Ceiling panel up in the flybridge, wires are showing.
All that black on the ceiling is mold

Paul with the watermaker

Coyaba is out of the water and the view is very different from up high in a boat yard.

This is the view from our cockpit looking west, many puddles!

I've taken inventory of all the food left on board and will compile a list of the provisions needed for Bahamas 2013. We hope to have 5 weeks of guests and another fun winter.

Did you know that St. Augustine is the oldest continuously-occupied European settlement in the United States. In 2015 this city celebrates its 450^th birthday!