OUR BLOG
"There's always a plan, but unexpected things happen and we just go with the flow. Though I do believe that fate and destiny often play their part"
sailing blog
The toilet broke and wouldn't flush. There was no option - dismantle the whole pumping system. Not a pleasant job. The service kit came with lots of new seals, valves and O rings. The reassembly diagram would have made more sense had it been in Swahili. Three hours later my swearing was down to a bare minimum. All was finally fixed in under four. The flush now works a treat. Two salient points. One, the main cause was a live sea slug had come up the pipe as a baby and then grown into a monster inside the mechanism…...I kid you not. Two, the temperature inside the boat was 90 degrees…… any longer and I would have died.
I did have the camera to hand. Should I take a picture of the giant slug or the thermometer? Sorry, the slug went overboard as soon as I saw it.
3 Comments
Peter McEwen
15/4/2014 04:24:39 pm
There must be some terrible jokes from your toilet saga but I will restrain myself!!
Reply
Stuart
15/4/2014 11:55:33 pm
Yes a few obvious ones and a few that are definitely not publishable. The combination of toilet humour and a giant sea slug provide good material. Good to hear from you - hope all is well with you and yours. I assume you have actually managed to retire now - but probably not knowing you!
Reply
Caraline Holding
22/4/2014 01:56:30 pm
Stuart and Nikki. Yuk, sea slugs - although we wanted to see the slug so we know what to look out for! Poor you in that heat; I know what it's like cleaning a boat in that heat - not funny ...
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
A FEW PICS OF COMINO Click a photo to enlarge and use side arrows to scroll through. COMINO IS CURRENTLY HEREDID SOMEONE SAY SEAFOODOn our journey from Portugal to Greece we enjoyed amazing seafood almost everywhere we stopped. Finding the local fish market was always a priority because seafood was so plentiful and so reasonably priced. And, the displays were a feast for your eyes.
Locating a market sometimes meant pounding the pavements in searing heat, but if you kept your eyes peeled, you often came across a little clue. The pic below was a rather less than subtle advert for a fish market - it was eight feet tall.
Freshly cooked onboard, a plateful of giant prawns, baked in wine and garlic, washed down with a few glasses of local vino, was like heaven. Watching the sunset on the boat eating a meal like that was the epitome of "living the dream".
Now we're in Greece we've another favourite to savour. I'm talking about fried Calamari. It's usually good, but every now and then it's off-the-scale fantastic. At Natalie's Taverna on Kontokali Beach in Corfu, it was nothing short of epic.
We're based in Lefkas now and It's been a bit of a mission to find somewhere just as good. And we have. Rakias is a mere ten minute walk from the marina and this little fish market, with its very own taverna attached, is quite sensational.
Oh...and it's also worth mentioning that, on occasions, a bit of barbequed Octopus is on the menu at some of the tavernas we frequent. Can I resist....no. SUNSETS AND DRAMATIC SKIESNo filters, or any other monkey business, have been used to enhance these images.
OUR ADVENTURES FROM THE BEGINNING CATEGORIES
|