Day 39: Water, Water, Everywhere (and lots of drops to drink)

No Name Harbor  (anchored)

February 22, 2022

Although we are surrounded by water we have been really careful to conserve out fresh water when we aren’t docked because we are limited to what’s in our 160 gallon water tank.  We fill a bowl or pot with soapy water to wash (dishes and bodies).  At the age of 54 I have learned how to wash my hair in the sink.

Today we hooked up our reverse osmosis water maker and it works!  We purchased it used from boat neighbor in Johns Island and had waited until we were in clear water to try it out. This is good news for us because we won’t have to try to find marinas with fresh water (a precious comodity in the Bahamas).  We’ll still practice conservation because it’s a slow process – 30 gallons an hour or so.

Because NOTHING is easy with boat life, we had to discard Plan A (running it in the head with hoses through the portlights) because we couldn’t generate enough power through the outlets and didn’t have a strong enough extension cord to reach from the generator to the water maker.  We (mostly John) lugged the two heavy components up on deck and made fresh water!

One of our boat neighbors stopped by and told us about a free service that will pick us up and drive us to stores in Key Biscayne. Another boat neighbor’s dogs have been entertaining me as they lounge around their boat.  The dolphins swam right next to Lailia, which was so cool.

We have noticed that people gather at the park by the entrance to the harbor to watch the sunset so we dinghied over.  It was definitely a gorgeous show tonight.

And…the dinghy needed John’s attention.  He fixed it while I checked out the sunset and got rid of our bag of trash

Our friends from John Island plan to join us here tomorrow to wait for the next good weather window to head to Bimini.  I am hoping to explore the park a bit tomorrow, as well.