A week ago we ordered a small replacement part for the bilge pump. Twelve months ago we asked Amel to supply the part. They wrote 'no go' you have to buy a complete new pump at a cost of lots of coconuts (cruisers term for units of money). With good internet connection here David was able to spend time researching on line and found the original manufacturer of the pump. One email and the small part was ordered for a meagre amount of coconuts. Same day we sent our pactor modem which converts the long range radio into an email conduit back to the manufacturer in California for a circuit board update and upgrade.
One of the main reasons for coming to American Samoa is to use the American postal service. Far cheaper than Fedex or DHL though the jury's still out on efficiency of delivery. We'd tracked our parcels online and the indication was that the pactor modem was back. A very helpful lady at the post office checked for us and found nothing. Oh well, we'll come back tomorrow when our second parcel is due in.
It's raining here. It's been raining for 6 days so much that I'm sure we've had a good portion of the annual 300 inches. We've been aboard for the last few days catching up on internet, our blog, boat jobs and watching films in the evening. Just waiting for our parcels and then we can go..
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