Yesterday morning, before we left George Town, we were able to get 40 gallons of water from Jamaal of Go4. He bills himself as a harbor concierge who will delivery fuel, water, prescriptions and other items directly to your boat. It’s a really big harbor & his services seem to be in demand. The business was started early in the pandemic when cruisers were not allowed to leave their boats. George had contacted Jamaal the evening before and Jamaal said he would bring the water for $1.00/gallon the next morning if we could move our boat closer to town. We did just that early yesterday morning and we had forty gallons of water added to our tank by 9:30 am. Jamaal has a 50 gallon barrel on his boat as well as a gas operated pump. Quite a system. 
Jamaal from Go4 delivering our water.
Holding the ends of the two hoses together.
Reverse osmosis membrane columns. The look bucket contains the water that was run through the columns.
After we filled the water tank we decided to sail over to Long Island. We were ready for a change of scenery and, since we didn’t know how long it would take for a new belt to arrive, Long Island is a good place to wait. As it turns out, the belt that we hope will fit was shipped from Chicago overnight and arrived at Maker’s Air in Fort Lauderdale today. Last evening George finally heard from Chris, a representative of the Rain Man company. George asked Chris to confirm that the belt we have ordered will actually fit. Chris said he would inquire about that and get back to George. When George asked about the reverse osmosis membrane columns—which should be flushed weekly—Chris told him we could flush them by running water from any hose through the columns. We didn’t have to use the broken water maker pump to do the flushing. I did my best to hold the end of the cockpit shower hose to the end of the column hose and we were able to flush the system. In hindsight it makes perfect sense and we should have been able to figure that out ourselves. We are always learning something new.
We plan to leave Long Island tomorrow and take two days making our way to Staniel Cay where we will pick up the new belt.
Jamaal from Go4 delivering our water.
Holding the ends of the two hoses together.
Reverse osmosis membrane columns. The look bucket contains the water that was run through the columns.
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