Once again, I walk through Papeete out into the industrial area. The store, Sin Tun Hing Marine, is quite far out and you have to walk quite a long way. Of course, you could also take a scooter, which are everywhere here and can be activated with an app. But firstly, I would have to install this app first and secondly, these walks help me to think about the next steps. Sin Tun Hing is the only store that has Yanmar parts in stock. Not all of them, but it is well stocked. What he doesn't have can be ordered. It just takes time. As I'm overhauling the entire cooling system, I've added a few gaskets that I didn't have on my list when I last ordered. I will get all but one gasket. At the moment, the cylinder head gasket and the bolts for the cylinder head are the bottleneck. Without these parts, I can't fit the add-on parts. So everything is lying around at the moment, but we're making ourselves as comfortable as possible.
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| View from our pitch on Moorea, Tahiti |
In addition to the Les 3 Brasseurs brewery, which we visit on Mondays to celebrate Black Monday, we also often visit the Cocoon Lounge in the second row. At Les 3 Brasseurs, you can get a beer and various tarte flambée for half price on Mondays. The Cocoon Lounge is a quiet bar where you can have a chat and is located on the second floor, away from the traffic. It's the ideal place, especially for us who don't like it too loud (you get a bit strange with age). Now in the high season there is always a different band playing on the promenade, but they often play the same rhythm all evening. But it's very loud, so it's almost impossible to have a conversation.
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| Bar on the promenade |
In addition to our own activities, we also keep an eye on SY Tuvalu, which is waiting for its owners somewhat abandoned. Line checks and a quick airing out once a week are no big deal and have long since become routine. Gottfried brings me a few spare parts from Europe. One hand washes the other.
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| Marina Papeete, Tahiti |
Speaking of washing. Due to the high volume of traffic here in Papeete and the cruise ships, there is a very high proportion of dust, which is deposited black on the boat. Every week, at least every two weeks, the boat has to be completely washed down. You don't want to get black fingers at every opportunity. So we never get bored and there is always something to do.
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| Air pollution in Papeete, Tahiti |
While searching for the tightening torques of the engine bolts for the engine on the Internet, I came across the Yanmar service manual after getting help in a TO-WhatsApp group. It's actually two books. So I downloaded them and actually read through them. Our “old Swede” would now say again: RTFM (Read the fucking Manuel). It says that you should change the fresh water thermostat once a year or every 2000 hours, whichever comes first. In fact, I haven't attached much importance to this so far, as the water temperature display for the engine has always been in the green range. However, the test procedure revealed that the thermostat is defective. This also needs to be replaced. This may also have led to the crack in the hose line, as there was not enough cooling water from the large cooling circuit. So, little by little, the faults come to light, which confirms the opinion: There are no coincidences in engine technology either. Everything has its cause, and the point of impact is not necessarily the point where it all began. But before it gets too philosophical again, I'd better stop. I'll just say that this whole project is very interesting for me and I'm still curious to see what else is coming.
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| Cylinder head gasket |
Then on Thursday I'm slowed down because we have another public holiday here in French Polynesia. The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Assumption of the Mother of Jesus into Heaven, is a public holiday and the stores are closed. A procession of the faithful takes place on the main street. As we have seen in various other places in French Polynesia, the people on foot, led by a coach, sing along loudly and vigorously. The whole procession passes us in a quarter of an hour, but many a German parish would be happy to have as many active churchgoers as take part in this procession. The proselytizing of the population has obviously been successful right up to the present day. So we take it easy on this day and prepare for a long weekend. After all, we're not on the run, but on a circumnavigation of the globe, although we've sometimes come close to escaping, but let's not go there. As always, we wish you fair winds and keep a stiff upper lip.
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