Florida Fuel Polishing LLC

904-767-1103

The reason for this project is we either purchase 2.5 gallon jugs of spring water for coffee, tea, making ice, and drinking water, OR we use the marina’s filtered water at the “free” ice machine.

We want to use our boat’s fresh water tanks moving forward. (We fill from the dock. It is municipal treated water in *most* marinas. But hoses and marina plumbing do not “improve” the taste!)

Jekyll Island Marina will not be as convenient as Ortega Landing is for free ice and filtered water. So we are going to try this out. We will add a primary filter at the hose as we fill from the dock.

Today’s filter inline, under the galley sink includes an activated charcoal section in the element.

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Today, Lady Betz, arrived here at P32 Ortega Landing Jacksonville FL flying their gold flag for the first time.

Gold does not tarnish or oxidize like many metals. But there is still something especially shiny and bright on the day when a Looper finishes their trek!

Joe & Betsy Boyd shown here (center) celebrated with us all at the swimming pool. In this pic, they are sandwiched between Loopers Marie of Hakuma Matata and Pete of Spring Fling.

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Water Witch Inc

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Dometic SeaStar

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First:

Bryan (Water Witch) called me back after I sent a technical support email to that company’s “Contact Us” email address.

Bryan was fantastic with his questions and technical knowledge of his product, and I am confident he will fix my alarm unit in the salon’s new instrument panel.

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Next:

Gary (Dometic – SeaStar) called me today after I emailed his company’s “Contact Us” email address with two technical questions and one attached photo. He said, “I can explain it better on the phone than in an email. So, I decided to just call you!”

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These two gents have no idea how satisfied and thrilled they made me feel with their outstanding customer service.

Hat’s off to them and these companies. They have earned MY loyalty.

BoatZincs.com

Part# A-25

$31.83+tax+ship= $42.78 total

All the other zincs on this boat are “standard fare” which most every boat yard / supply will stock.

7/16” socket was used on the nylox nuts. 316 s/s Nuts & washers were in good shape so I re-used them.

I considered this 3D space as being totally wastedz, so all I needed was a custom shelf to put the new printer on along with its supplies. (The printer is roughly at eye level.)

It does not restrict airflow coming through the A/C duct-register, and the bunk is still 100% usable (if we were not using it for storage.)

The concave outside wall required cutting & fitting the shelf into that space. It took some fancy cutting as none of the angles are 90° … before cutting I transferred, by pencil, all the angles to my sheet of plywood.

FYI:

Home Depot or Lowes will cut their plywood (a 48×48” sheet was +/- $25) to square angle measurements. So I had them cut mine to 36”x20”, which I then brought to the boat, drafted the final angles on the plywood, and then cut to the final dimensions. (I have a small handsaw aboard.)

A bit of stain helps it fit in with all the interior woodwork.

The printer is an HP Envy 6555e; we use its WiFi capability to connect to it.

Every night they go home to “sanitize” their tip money! … As I say, professional money launder-ers!

These guys are two of the most appreciated guys on the Port32 Marina Crew; we love to see them arrive every Wednesday morn.