On Tuesday, June 17, we missed the sunrise, but here was a morning shot.

We spent Tuesday and Wednesday finishing up the projects. Eric confirmed radios were working, the other two air conditioning units were descaled, and Yacht Tech finished up the waxing, stainless polishing, and the gelcoat work. Unfortunately, not every gelcoat spot was repaired. There had been two separate work orders, and due to a misunderstanding, Eric had only authorized one.

We’d mentioned that the bottom red boot stripe had been touched up. Yacht Tech also touched up the smokestack stripe. When all the outside work was completed, they gave Kosmos a good washing and wipe down.

We’d mentioned that the water maker wasn’t working properly. Yacht Tech changed the oil and cleaned salinity sensor. All seems to be working fine now. 

On Tuesday morning, we noticed a small bit of wood in the forward bathroom next to the shower door was discolored. Eric investigated and found there was a leak in the hot water hose mixer that connected to the shower. We added it to the project list. Yacht Tech fixed it by reseating and tightening the connection.

Prior to going into the boat yard, we’d deliberately allowed ourselves to get low on refrigerated/frozen food. We made a couple trips to various grocery store to stock back up. We also bought “passage food,” which were foods that were easy to prepare and eat while the boat was in motion. Trader Joe’s was our favorite place to buy passage food, and we were thrilled there was one nearby.

We did do something fun! On Wednesday, we had lunch at the North Palm Beach Country Club with Sam, one of Christi’s colleagues from her land life project. It was neat to meet him in person.

Late on Wednesday afternoon, once all the work was completed, we got fuel at the Old Port Cove marina. We took on 500 gallons (250 per tank). We paid $3.85 per gallon. The pump was fast and fueling went smoothly. As far as we could tell, there were no leaks in the newly installed fuel hoses.

Upon returning to the slip, Eric started polishing the fuel. The transfer pump initially worked, but it hadn’t run for very long when it stopped. The pump stopping wasn’t a giant surprise, as it had been acting up before. Eric looked at the transfer pump and determined it was a bigger project than he wanted to tackle. There was a wonderful weather window coming, and he didn’t want to risk getting bogged down with this project and missing the window. Yacht Tech said they’d never heard of anyone having an issue with bad fuel from that fuel dock before, so we crossed our fingers that all would be okay if we didn’t polish the fuel.