Holding Tank Pitfalls
I’ve been perplexed by our holding tank for some time. We estimate it holds a whopping 15 gallons. We only use it now for #1 and only in the morning and maybe once at night. Luckily the marina bathrooms are uber nice and we’re both gone at work all day during the week so it […]
Fall Projects
I know, I know…we haven’t posted in a loooong time. When I sat down to write this post I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about because I didn’t think we had worked on many projects around the boat. I recently bought an Aeropress coffee maker and was going to write about that. […]
Flush and fill
New boat projects have taken the forefront lately, but regular system maintenance is still an ongoing process as a live-aboard. Running hot water is a creature comfort most of us would rather not live without, and maintaining our hot water system is one of those things that comes with living on a sailboat.
Plumbing Woes
For the past week or so we’ve noticed a drop in our water pressure at the sink, but only on the main faucet, not on the drinking water side. We kind of hoped that it was just Leo forgetting to turn off the sprinklers again, but we knew better. Then Wednesday night I turned on […]
Tank fiasco
So we haven’t talked much about the water tanks lately, mainly because we’re hooked up directly to the dock water and don’t really think about them too much. We had one leaky, 90 gallon, stainless steel tank that lived in our bilge. We removed that and bought one 48 gallon and one 36 gallon poly […]
Water Snobs
I’ve come to find that we are water snobs. I’m talking drinking water. The water in Folsom is amazing. It tastes great, it’s not hard, and has really low total dissolved solids. It’s so good that Kikkoman (you know, the soy sauce people) has a manufacturing plant there precisely because the water is so good.
Tick Tock!
Less than two weeks to go until we are officially full-time liveaboards. I’ve been running around trying to find storage bins for everything we’re putting in the storage unit and on the boat. I still have three portlights and the brass bell to scrub with acid before we leave the condo.
Clock is ticking…
Oh Lord, 13 days and counting until I have to have this boat in a somewhat “habitable” condition. I haven’t been posting much, because I’ve pretty much been spending every waking moment working on the boat. I see my wife maybe 1 day out of 6 lately.
Almost Civilized
We installed the potable water system this weekend. What a huge difference running potable water makes! The well water in the delta is pretty foul. It smells weird and has nasty floaties in it, so for months we’ve been carting drinking water in a 7-gallon jug back and forth from the condo to the boat. […]
Yowza!
I finished cleaning the bilge yesterday. Today, I hurt. My forearms ache from gripping the scrub brush; my back is sore from bending over all day and I accidentally tried to stand up while still under the salon table (not something I recommend anyone try); and my shoulders hurt from holding the palm sander. Was […]