December 22, 2006, St. Martin

We ran around doing errands today. Picked up the replacement oarlock for our dingy from Budget Marine and placed an order for the replacement grill grates from Island Water World, which we‘ll pick up next month in St. Lucia. We’re well aware that we aren’t going to see anything like these chandleries once we get past St. Lucia, so we’re stocking up on spares. From a local refrigeration shop we picked up a 30lb bottle of R134A to top up our refrigeration system. We’re both really fond of cold drinks, so we thought it good insurance against our refrigeration system going down in the middle of the South Pacific.