Deep Sleep
The air conditioning ran during the night, set to a comfortable 25°C. The hum of the units and cool, dry air made for a great night sleeping. Plus, there’s little to no movement of the boat while at the dock.
Work
I’d bought a small bag of local ground coffee the day before and used that for my morning coffee. To call the taste “terrible” is actually doing the coffee a favour and giving it the benefit of the doubt (in the hopes that it contains caffeine). Luckily, I’ve only got 3 more days before I leave.
Remote work went as well as can be expected, and I had to take a break to finish clearing in at immigration (the officer had already left the day before). The online computer program had 8 pages of data to fill out and after my 3rd lengthy attempt at getting a successful entry I gave up and went to the immigration desk without the form.
Noon
I got the watermaker pickled with storage solution while waiting on programs at work to complete. Then I also ensured that the slow drip of the prop shaft was eliminated by tightening a hose clamp over the shaft. That will have to be removed before departing after storage.
I will have to vacuum out the water from underneath the engine. This stems from a slow leak in the saltwater cooling pump. That leak will be fixed once I get the replacement gasket back in Europe – the parts aren’t available here.
Afternoon
I got out my Home Depot vacuum buckethead and sucked the water out of the engine compartment. Despite the leak being just a drip, the compartment is deep, and I think I pulled out about 40l in total; much more than I’d expected.
I’m going to wait another hour or two to go on deck and get the bimini frame taken down, and I need to clean off the cushions and let them dry before storing them in the forward cabin.