Water

Unlike the states where we could pull up to a dock and PU water almost anywhere here it cost money to fill our tanks. When we were back in Washington DC our friends sold us their water maker and after installing it we had freash water from the sea. Well, yesterday when I turned it on to refill our tanks the output was only 50% of normal and there was air bubbles coming out of the output line along with the water so something was wrong. Today, I removed the water maker and while rebuilding it I found the problem, a shuttle valve has a cracked ring on it and will have to be replaced. It truly brings to mind the old saying that cruising is nothing but repairing your boat in exotic places.