Sunday, July 26, 2009

The hazards of cleaning on board


Cleaning things can lead to unexpected snorkeling trips... if you're lucky!

I always used to laugh when I imagined the incredible number of pairs of sunglasses and handheld VHFs that must be lying at the bottom of North Cove Marina in NYC... well it only gets worse when you have almost all your worldly goods on board your boat.

We have so far managed to dump the filter for the juicer... the grill rack for the BBQ... a 9/16 socket wrench head... and most recently an electric shaver head into the Gulf of Mexico... and that's just the significant items... I'm sure there have been a bunch of other small things that have been inadvertently donated to Neptune.

We got lucky with the filter... not so much with the other stuff... so what's going to take a dive for freedom next???

4 comments:

  1. hilarious! I never would've thought of that as a problem of living on a boat!

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  2. I'm so jealous. I just got back from sailing up to Block Harbor on a Ranger 30. Hope you sail over to this side of the pond!

    Happy Sails!
    Tina

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  3. Congrats on getting blogging. I can't wait to see more adventures. Hold on to your things! Maybe you could start a sidebar list of all the things you lose along the way and your devoted readers can send you replacements . . .

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  4. Block Harbor... just left the NYC area!! My first longer distance sail was Newport to Block Island!! Love it! Thanks for reading!
    Lx

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