{"id":9322,"date":"2016-12-23T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T18:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2016-12-23T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T18:55:04","slug":"curacao-november-1-9-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/curacao-november-1-9-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Curacao — November 1-9, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

We arrived at Curacao Marine late on November 1. Very late. Last flight in and after midnight before our taxi dropped us off. Next morning, we woke to a very dirty boat. For the next 7 days we would frantically hustle to get the boat ready for our trip back to Bonaire, where we would rejoin our friends Michael & Roberta (Celilo)<\/em> and Bill & Colleen (Dolce Vita). <\/em><\/p>\n

We commissioned to have the boat thoroughly washed and then waxed and polished (the \u201cwhite\u201d parts) and painted with anti-fouling (the \u201cblue\u201d parts). Bill had left behind his grinder so that I could strip the rudder and propeller, preparing for an experimental covering of primer and bottom paint (instead of the usual Prop Speed, which hasn\u2019t been working very well.) And I had the unfinished business of installing new oil seals in the dinghy outdrive.<\/p>\n

We set a record with our shortest re-commission ever. Pierre threw one of his periodic barbeques on the 4th<\/sup>, I installed the oil seals on the 5th<\/sup>, we splashed on the 7th<\/sup>, we checked out on the 8th<\/sup> (and noted that the pontoon bridge was being festooned with Christmas lights.) On our way out of Curacao on the 9th<\/sup>, Barb took some nice pictures of Willemstad and the pontoon bridge.<\/p>\n\n\t\t