Thank you! Cheers!

Hi Darrin & Tammy !!! We’re doing great ! We took the long and scenic route from Bonaire to Aruba , via colombia , the san blas & panama now on Aruba ;) we’re on our way to Greece and are sure we’ll catch up again somewhere

problem with lightning is that its AC and DC and Magnetic a;; at the same time , so if you protect for AC (and DC) the magnetic pulse will create current through ground wires (antenna etc) We currently have a keel stepped mast providing a direct and short route for any strike from the mast to the keel and water , and the stainless standing rigging is grounded to the keel as well but that doesnt mean that nothing will happen as 'the shortest route to ground' may not be Mr Lightnings preferred way All we can do is disconnect everything (power , ground , N2K network and antenna cables) and hope for the best ? But when you connect everything , for example at the base of the mast, your wind instruments and mast head lights will probably be toast anyway Do I have an answer ? I wish !!

I was not impressed either !! it bolted to the engine and inaccessable for at least a few hours after shutting down the engine because you're burning your hands , arms and everything else while trying to get to it ! glad we got it fixed and better than new ! And I watched Delos who had the same issue a few times so I had the service kit on board in case we needed it . but the VP workshop in Spain fixed it properly , so we still have a spare kit ;)

@@svBluePearl Its crazy they put it there because a leak of salt water goes right on top of the engine. Slaps forehead !

Great crew he has , was our pleasure to help !

Thank you ! Happy to help anytime we can , but we just sailed from panama to aruba so i did what we could the last months

Great ! Thanks for joining us ! We did what we could in panama but we had to dash out before eta , zeta , iota and are now on aruba !

Thank you ! We loved it and will return there !

Thank you for joining and commenting , its a great community and everyone helps each other any way we can

Thank you for watching !

Maar het is wel *echt* zeilen wat de meneer doet , niet zo moeilijk doen en gebruiken wat je hebt . Geweldig karakter deze meneer

(oldest child here) it was awesome! :D

Youre gonna have loads of fun there !

dank je wel Erik !! er varen genoeg bootjes naar de overkant , misschien een keer meevaren ? ;) of misschien doen we het zelf nog wel een keer ?

@@svBluePearl wie weet, ooit.

They really we’re great ! Such passages make it all worth it ! :)

Hi Rick , yes there is a plate behind it and it bolted through a bulkhead

We are enjoying it ! And it only gets better ! :-)

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad someone likes marrakesh :-) i dont think it will be high on our list of fav cities though !

No one was there , the owner was out of town but was contacted that day , i dont know if he’s been at the boat yet ?

thanks !

we did , but it never started to actually pump ? so we got back to old fashioned buckets

@@svBluePearl It has a missing screw so there was no vaccum

hi John !

Notmally we do , but the flag line came undone from the spreader while we were underway so we used the next best thing :-) Thanks for your comment and watching !

the ones I throw in the ocean have no plastic filter , its tobacco and paper , it will degrade just like any leaf or tree that ends up in the ocean :-)

There’s a few dozen scheduled ;) for now twice a week until we are caught up!

Thank you ! :)

We will ! and the fish was great ;)

It is really fantastic ! we can't wait to get back to Morocco

dat is het zeker ! ;-)

thank you :-)

Panama !

Hi Gigi , these are moorings in a mooring field , not anchored :) as it is forbidden to anchor . the moorings are laid there to protect the coral and Bonaire is a marine park so you're only allowed to use moorings and not anchor out

those shopping receipts only get bigger !

Ha! Yeah I love that shirt so much!!

You are the absolute first to notice a fellow critter ! ;)

Dank je!

Dank je!