Cruising with kids - a snapshot of a week in the life aboard Positive Waves
Looking over the harbor on Paxos, just south of Corfu The other day I was grumbling as I started to wash the dishes, not because of the act of washing dishes (although I do grumble about that a lot), but rather about our current multi-step process to get hot water. “Hashtag boat life,” is a common refrain heard aboard Positive Waves. Our boat is five years old now and some of the systems are starting to need a little more attention. Our water heater has a gasket leak which means that when we want hot water for dishes we have to turn it on at the freshwater manifold and then turn it off as soon as we have enough in the sink. The manifold is located in the forward bathroom; sort of behind the portable freezer. The valves are a little sticky because we usually always keep them all in the ON position. So I’ve been using a wrench to open and close the valve and the other day I torqued it a little too hard and broke the valve handle. No big deal, but still, another complication. Let’s ...