Fuelishness

Meanwhile back at Ship Despair, FPB 64 Tiger showed up today and our two gals were parked across the way from each other.

Time to bunker the tanks as Tiger is headed off to Fiji and we are headed off to Tahiti. Fueling may best be described as a painful financial experience – Iron Lady took on 6700 liters and Tiger wasn’t far behind. When empty it takes roughly 12,800 liters to fill the tanks. John, the owner of Tiger and I commiserated as the fuel came down the hose at 100 liters a minute.

It took two fuel trucks the size of the one behind Tiger to deliver the required diesel for our boats. Generally, this is only made less painful by the fact that we don’t have to do it very often, but with our travels this year and the distances involved, we will bunker again in Tahiti after burning roughly 5000 liters enroute. While we could probably make it to Hawaii without refuelling again, there are no gas stations along the way so we will fill again in Nuka Hiva in the Marquesas.

Out to dinner tonight with John and Sandy of Tiger and Val and Stan from Buffalo Nickel – all FPB64s. There is an Irish pub in town with a jam session by local Irish folks. Should be a great night and a few Killian’s will help to ease the pain of our fuelish endeavours today.

Cheers (and another beer please)