Saturday, March 20, 2010

Shop Til You - run out of money... by Tom


There are things you need - and things you want. We are buying some of both. Pat just got a great deal on an emergency watermaker. The lever pushes salty water through a membrane; the water molecules go through; the salt molecules do not. You have to push really hard which is why it is only used in an emergency.

Here is a photo and a link to learn more.

http://www.katadyn.com/en/katadyn-products/products/katadynshopconnect/katadyn-entsalzer-manuelle-survivors/katadyn-survivor-35/


Rob is working on navigation. One of the best tools to predict bad weather on the way is a barometer. When the air pressure drops, and if it drops a lot in a hurry, bad stuff is on the way. Rob says it's more of a science than that - but we don't have much space here. Rob has also signed up to be our ocean weatherman and is studying meterology. Rob found, and bought, one of the best barometers you can find. It doesn't look that fancy, but if you click on the link you'll learn more than you ever thought about high quality, German, barometers. Don't worry, the PDF is in English.


http://www.fischer-barometer.de/datenblaetter/fischer_pab.pdf




If bad weather comes, and Pat grabs the watermaker and dives into the life raft with Rob, you can bet I'll go down with the ship listening to cool tunes on this marine stereo. I think maybe Arcade Fire will be the last thing I hear.

http://www.alpine-usa.com/product/view/cda-9886m/

So, stuff we need, and stuff we want. It all works out. And, yes, we do realize that while we are out on the ocean, our SOs will be doing some serious revenge shopping.

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