The list

To us this is gold - toilet motor

As we approach Grenada and the end of our 4 month sailing segment, "the list" becomes important to maintain. As we spend most of our time anchored in front of the third world islands of the southeast Caribbean these days, we need a lot of things. Kirstin and I dream of a fully stocked chandlery and hardware store where we can buy things like wire, insulation, and diesel engine oil.

Here at Union Island, the only wire available is inside that broken TV rusting next to the cinderblock hovel on the hill. While fruit is plentiful, our boat projects and never ending effort to accumulate spare parts must pause for a while.

We have become binge consumers of boat parts, which is probably why we spend so much time on the phone with credit card security staff........no activity for 2 months, then bamm.......a big shopping spree from a different country.

We've also learned to take pictures of everything we need..........our cell phones, instead of having action shots of family and friends, have pictures of much coveted toilet macerator motors or fuel filters. A bit strange, but better than trying to learn the French word for "flexible coupling connector".

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