Fueling

Today we replenished our fuel supply. We used an agent here in French Polynesia and pre-purchased our estimated fuel needs in advance (a month ago) as the station here needed to be sure to have enough fuel on hand for us, Oso Blanco and the usual other boats/vehicles that need fuel here. The fuel dock is a large concrete slab, much like a commercial ship tie up, and we had to go stern in, anchor the bow and tie lines from each corner of the stern to the concrete slab to steady the boat. The swell was pretty large this morning and the wind was very stiff. The fuel hose was passed to us by a rope and the process began. The fuel guys were very nice and in no time we were finished - 3 hours and 8600 liters later. Feels good to be full.

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