No Name Harbor (anchored)
When two dissimilar metals are immersed in water or electrically charged, they can galvanically corrode. Sacrificial anodes, made of zinc, can provide the electrons for the process instead of the electrons coming from the shaft or rudder. The zincs actually corrode and dissolve over time.
John replaced Lailia’s zinc this morning. This not only required him to hold his breath to get down to the propeller shaft but he also had to fight the current. On land this job would probably take five minutes; under water it takes longer. John also had to secure the wrench to his bathing suit so he wouldn’t have to worry about losing it. In the past, we had divers who regularly cleaned Lailia and about every four months replaced the zincs. They had air tanks and weights to keep them submerged.
We planned to get our laundry picked up and then ride the free shuttle to the hardware and grocery stores. Our timing was off – the shuttle arrived before the laundry ladies, so John went to town while I waited. Once the laundry was picked up I was able to hit the nature trail at the park as I waited for John’s return.
There’s a constant motion along this trail due to all of the lizards and iguana action. I got my nature geek on while John got his hardware store fix
Once we got our groceries on the boat and our laundry delivered, we decided to take our dinghy to get gas for the generator. We had a 2.5 gallon container and John purchased a new 5 gallon container today.
We dinghied first to the yacht club but since we are not members, they could not sell us gas. They did direct us to the next closest marina. It was kind of fun to be out and moving so fast although it was a bit bumpy. In typical Florida fashion, we even had a quick rain shower. All of this is a different experience by dinghy: it takes longer and there’s no shelter when it rains
John managed to make the trip even better by buying Twix (the only candy bar I like) ice cream (even better) bars.
No Name Harbor did not get rain (good thing because we left our hatches open). We did get a glorious sunset.
It looks as if we have found someone to “dive” our boat tomorrow. They will remove the layer of growth that’s built up underwater.
Life on Lailia 
Chris, Your photos are amazing – you forget how much is out there sitting in an office or classroom – thanks for sharing!
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