Sailing Catamaran: Clean up of the diesel tank

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Clean up of the diesel tank

With time, the diesel tank is gathering dirt, algae, and water. Peter, a friend from Halifax, told us a few tricks to clean it so we followed his suggestions, which was to put a tube in the bottom of the tank and pump the diesel out and pass it through a filter that removes dirt and separates water. You then put the filtered diesel back in the tank. So, there we are, me holding the pipe to the bottom of the tank and Roger holding the filter. Diesel is lighter than water so if you have water in your tank, by pumping from the bottom, you remove the water first.
We started pumping and all that came out was pure water. It was so pure that it seems we could almost drink it. After about 3 gallons of pure water removed from the bottom of the tank, Roger stopped dramatically and ordered me to stop the drill we use to power the pump. He exclaimed “WHAT A MORON! I AM A MORON!” I then asked what was going on. I thought that 3 gallons of water was good no? So he answered; WE ARE PUMPING FROM THE WATER TANK NOT THE DIESEL TANK!”
It’s a good thing that the filter retains the water…LOL!
Ok Stop laughing, the water and diesel tanks are side by side. You could have done the same no?

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Clean up of the diesel tank