{"id":2127,"date":"2013-06-05T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2013-06-05T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T22:10:00","slug":"how-about-a-party-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2127","title":{"rendered":"How about a party in Essex?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pandora is now clearly “non-commissioned” now as she is sitting in a slip nearby in Deep River waiting to be hauled out for some work. \u00a0Prior to being hauled I am cleaning her from top to bottom with the hope of getting rid of the stale smell that has accumulated from that nasty sewerage leak I spoke about. \u00a0I am also hopeful that I can, once and for all, find the water leak in the domestic system. \u00a0 I have torn up things to no avail but now I will tear up the entire floor with the hope of finding the leak. \u00a0I should probably also replace the pressure pump with one with less pressure so that it will not put so much stress on the system. \u00a0 It was the addition of a 50lb pressure pump that caused the problem in the first place. \u00a0 \u00a0That sort of reminds me of when I had a fish tank when I was a kid. \u00a0All would be well in the world, the fish tank world that is, and I would go to the pet shop and get a new fish. \u00a0Inevitably, that new little fish would disturb the equilibrium of the tank or bring in some dreaded disease and all hell would break loose. \u00a0“What in the world has fish got to do with any of this, Bob?” \u00a0Oh, got it. \u00a0The leak start when I installed a higher pressure pump. \u00a0I wish I had never done that… \u00a0And, I can’t find the leak.<\/p>\n

What I mean is that with boat systems, it’s the same. \u00a0You replace one thing and other problems break out. \u00a0And, the more complex the systems, the bigger the problems.<\/p>\n

I am determined to find that leak. \u00a0And, it’s\u00a0a trash heap down below. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is how it’s actually supposed to look. \u00a0Different?\"\"<\/a>And the cockpit, not looking too good today.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>A bit different than when Pandora was in full live-a-board trim. \u00a0I like this view better. \u00a0A women’s touch… \u00a0What women you ask? \u00a0Just guess. \u00a0Yes, you got it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anyway, there’s loads to do to get Pandora ready for our next voyage. \u00a0However, in the mean time, how about a party!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Seven Seas Cruising Association (www.ssca.org)<\/a> has been such an influential group for us over the last few years, I decided to give back to the group buy putting on a GAM here in Essex. \u00a0On Saturday June 22nd, we will meet for cocktails at the Essex Yacht Club, where Brenda and I are members. \u00a0On Sunday afternoon we connect again at the Essex Corinthians Yacht Club, right next door, for a pot luck supper. \u00a0 We will also have a speaker who will talk about a voyage up the Hudson River, through Lake Champlain, out the St Lawrence River, around the Canadian Maritimes, back around to Maine and down to the CT River. \u00a0As the trip began and ended on the Connecticut River so how fitting that they should speak to us in Essex. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The visit will cap off on Monday with a trip to the Griswold Inn<\/a> in downtown Essex. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>This quintessential New England Inn hosts a terrific trio every Monday evening, the Jovial Crew<\/a> who will regal the group with sometimes baudy and always fun, sea shanties. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>Of course, in the SSCA Cruising Station tradition, I will be ferrying folks around town for shopping, laundry and trips to West Marine. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As of now we have nearly 30 signed up, some members and some prospective members. \u00a0I would expect that number to grow a bit in the next week or so till the event. \u00a0I regard that as a great start to what I hope will become a tradition here in Essex with the SSCA. \u00a0 Fingers crossed that we will have a good turnout and great weather. \u00a0Pass the word…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pandora is now clearly “non-commissioned” now as she is sitting in a slip nearby in Deep River waiting to be hauled out for some work. \u00a0Prior to being hauled I am cleaning her from top to bottom with the hope of getting rid of the stale smell that has accumulated from that nasty sewerage leak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2138,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}