Sunday and Monday (February 5 and 6) were more chores days. The weather was sunny and warm, with it reaching 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 celsius) both days. Eric:

• Changed the on-engine fuel filter and flushed it with Stanadyne
• Re-organized the spare parts and supplies that we kept in the engine room
• Took apart the accumulator tank that he’d recently removed to see where the leak was. He couldn’t find any overt leak. 
• He put extra sealant on the lift pump on the main engine. 
• Put away more things in the engine room. 
• Tightened a loose fitting on the freshwater spigot at the anchor chain. 

Christi and Keith finally got around to washing the boat. They were dismayed to see that it wasn’t mud all over the boat, it was some sort of water-resistant residue. It was similar, but not quite like the jet fuel residue that we used to get on our first boat, which we’d kept next to the San Diego Airport. It was less similar to, but not totally different from, the container ship exhaust that was all over Kosmos when we briefly had her in the Port of Los Angeles (In 2010, while the blog was on hiatus). We’re guessing the residue must have come from the nearby power plant, or maybe the container ships that we’ve noticed anchored in the area, or some combination of both.