Time to Catch Up

Jomima is now settled in at the Paris Arsenal marina and we are very tired after a lot of walking yesterday. So, it is time to catch up with some jobs. For Ann that means finding two empty washing machines, that actually work, in the marina launderette. We had accumulated rather a lot of washing, since we last had the use of some machines, so Ann needed some help from me to carry it all. After setting the machines in motion, that firstly required doing battle with the French instructions, I decided that it was time to give Jomima a good check over. I regularly check the cooling water filters and, when at sea, rarely find anything in them. However, despite having only checked them the previous day, the filters had accumulated a great deal of weed and litter after the journey through Paris. The Perkins engines use very little oil and water and their 2 x associated starter batteries require little maintenance. However, as usual, the domestic batteries (4 x 6v @ 175ah) used nearly 2 litres of water since we left Brixham. The domestic batteries work hard because they are being constantly discharged by the fridge, lighting etc and then topped up again by the engines and battery charger - when we can find an electricity supply to plug into.

In the afternoon we explored the interesting side streets that surround the marina and we were able to top up the food and wine supplies from the excellent range of shops nearby.