I just want to say how happy I am with my Sea Breathe hookah system. Talk about a piece of gear that pays for itself. I’ve been using my sea breath for 5 years and have really grown to rely on it.
I’m out of bottom paint so I’m cleaning the hull every month and the Sea Breathe really makes a difficult chore much easier.
I’m trying to acquire all the supplies I’ll need for a haul out. I have all new Forespar Marelon through-hulls and ball valves coming, and I just bought a 5 gallon can of bottom paint (Jotun SeaForce 60).
After careful 
consideration I’ve decided not to go with Coppercoat as a bottom paint this time. I have friends with solid copper sheet on their hull and they have a reef growing on it. I’m not saying that Coppercoat is a good or bad product as I just don’t know. I do have a test strip coming and will run a test next to my own copper/epoxy mix, as well as my bottom paint.
I am going to strip all of the old bottom paint off as I have some blisters. I’m going to fix all the blisters and re-barrier coat. As far as a barrier coat I’m going to either use coletar epoxy or make my own copper/epoxy barrier coat. With 5 gallons (thick application) of bottom paint I’m hoping to get another 5 years before my next haul-out. If my test strip of coppercoat is out-preforming everything else I’ll apply it on my next haul-out.
Most of my through-hulls are 1973 Chinese, flush-mount bronze. I’m going to fill (fiberglass) all the through holes as they are for flush mount and re-drill them for mushroom mount. It’s a bit more work but I’ll feel better about the fit and can move them to better locations.
My friend Gary was here for a week and we had a really good time. We took some time for fishing and hanging-out. Gary is a fine fisherman and a good friend. We were on an island and came across a few baby sea turtles in a bucket that 
some Kuna kids found. I gave them $4 each for them and Gary, Carla, and I went out to a remote section of reef and set them free. They are such beautiful and gentile creatures, unfortunately they are also quite tasty. Turtuga is often an option when ordering a meal as opposed to chicken, beef, fish, shell fish, or pork.
The larger of the two little guys took off as soon as I let him go. He dove down to 
the reef and started playing with the fish. I was a little worried about the smaller one as he was a bit lethargic but I guess it’s better for him to die on the reef than in a hot bucket. I really love living so close to nature. I just spent a few days in the city which really took a lot out of me. All the selling, buying, cars, noise, pollution, and traffic really brings me down. As soon as I came home, Carla had lobster dinner ready for me and we bought a 20lb black fin tuna for sushi for the week. I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll say it again, “I’m such a lucky man”!
Carla bought a Kuna flag and now we fly 
it along with our Argentina flag. And no, it’s not a swastika if you’re interested to learn about this symbol, click here.
That’s it for today guys.
Peace, Love, more love, and Coconuts.
– Alex