Hideko and I traveled into town today to grab some groceries. We also stopped by Latitude 11 for lunch (which was as good as dinner). After some other errands we headed back to the boat. The beach was breaking which made it a little interesting getting out. The glass bottom Reef tour boats that anchor off the beach were in full swing with a new batch of tourists.

I replaced two more RuleMate pumps today. I am about as disillusioned as you can get with these pumps. Unfortunately ITT seems to own all of the pump brands that you can find in the Western hemisphere. There really is no choice. I have tried to find alternatives in Europe but have not turned anything up yet. I did get an encouraging email from the factory (I finally sent them a quality complaint). They seem earnest and ready to help. I find it hard to believe that there is an installation problem though. It is a pretty straight forward setup (water goes in bilge, pump pumps water out of bilge, repeat...). As fragile as these things are I can't feel very comfortable about their ability to protect the boat should a problem occur. We'll see how discussions with the factory go.