Patent Pending

     So everybody wants to know what it's like to be full time cruisers.  Here's a little insight - we get up in the morning when we want to, then, an hour or two later we may eat breakfast.  After breakfast we think about doing something but usually we don't do it.  After that it's time for lunch.  Then we'll wait the prescribed 2 hours before going swimming.  This 2 hour wait usually involves working on our tans.  After swimming, we are very tired so it's nap time.    We will usually wake up from our naps because we are so hungry and Sharon will start on dinner.  Once again we have eaten too much so we will kick back in our easy chairs and watch television till who knows when..........Wait....I forgot to mention all the boat work that needs to be done.  Last week I spent 2 days polishing the stainless steel fixtures on the exterior of the boat.  Last night around 7 pm I was in the engine room cleaning the seacock for the generator which had so much growth in it that no water was getting to the generator to help cool the engine.  And when you can't sleep at night you lay in bed thinking about projects that need to be done.  Take, for example, last night around 4 am, I was contemplating an issue with the anchor washdown.  The problem is that it just takes too long. When we anchor in a mud bottom (good holding) the chain, usually 100 feet or more, is retrieved with a coating of mud.  This mud needs to be washed off before the chain is stowed in the chain locker.  Believe me, it has to be washed or the boat stinks from that foul smelling mud.  Washdowns can take 15 minutes or more on a calm day.  If the wind is blowing, and remember we are on a boat and the bow (where the anchor chain is attached) is always/usually pointing into the wind when you are anchored, the washdown can take 30 minutes or longer.   Getting back to 4 am, the problem is that when I am washing the anchor chain, the water nozzle is 5-7 feet away from the chain and/or the wind is blowing the water stream back on me.  So at 4 am in the morning I developed Bob's Magical Anchor Washdown Wand - Patent Pending.

Above Photo - Bob's Magical Anchor Washdown Wand (Patent Pending!) is shown here attached to the coiled hose.  Yes, it's a 5 feet long wand complete with on/off valve and adjustable spray nozzle, available soon at your local marine store.