8 four packs of toilet paper
8 four packs of paper towels
6 six ounce bottles of sesame oil
6 cases of diet soda
2 cases of beer
11 one pound bags of whole bean Starbucks coffee
6 packages of cheesecake mix
3 six pound cans of ketchup
6 frozen T-Bone steaks
18 avacoados
20 pounds of tomatoes
18 boxes of tea bags
10 pounds of frozen chickens
24 boxes of rice mixes
8 pounds white sugar
1 bottle of cheap Vodka (to kill fish - pour a shot in
their gills)
20 cans of white chicken meat
12 cans of corn
12 quarts of cranberry juice
10 pounds of various cheeses
1 gallon cooking oil
8 quarts of olive oil
50 books
10 tubes of toothpaste
12 toothbrushes
8 boxes of crackers
5 pounds of popcorn
10 pounds of assorted candies
12 pudding mix packages
4 pounds creame cheese
4 pounds salami
10 pounds onions
50 pounds potatoes
dozens of spice bottles
1 gallon Shou sauce (soy)
36 boxes of orange juice
24 boxes of crystal light
20 boxes of NutraSweet
500 Asprin
6 bottles of Olives
2000 packages of bubble gum
200 packages of chewing gum
2 dozen fresh Jalapeno peppers
18 pounds of peanut butter
12 cans evaporated milk
Krupps Ice Cream Maker
12 pounds flour
12 pounds rice
16 red peppers
1 frozen pork loin roast
2 frozen lasagnes
4 boxes protein bars
18 bottles of wine
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and so it goes - Way Too Much!
It is possibly four weeks until we see a major store but, I think we will survive.
One of the important things I accomplished a couple of weeks ago with the help of my brother Jim was a complete inspection of the mast and all standing rigging. Here is a picture of me inspecting the spreaders and stuff on the spreader. Jim is kneeling on the bow where he controls the windlass which hauls me up the mast using the spinnaker halyard and two blocks attached to the port toe rail. My climbing harness is also attached to the spare main halyard via a Petzel ascender. The Petzel is a rock climbing device that will slide upward but will not slide downward unless I keep my thumb pressed in on a lever.
If the spinnaker halyard were to break or the bosun chair were to fail or it tipped me out, I would fall about two feet until the line attached to my climbing harness and the petzel took up my weight. I test the Petzel each time I go up by climbing up three steps (about 6') and then jumping off without the spinnaker halyard being tensioned. The Petzel always catches me.
The picture was taken my my brother John who flew out from Laurel, Maryland to visit for a few days.
Tomorrow I will fill the propane tanks and wash the boat. Arlene will finish stowing stuff and then we'll rest!
Friday AM is now D-Day.
More Later.