Hey,

My program manager at work saw me with a batch of pictures last week and said, "You still use film?" Indeed I do -- I'm cruel to cameras and watches, so the former are cheap and the latter are waterproof.

All this is to say that the pictures I took this weekend must wait to come back from Kodak until I can post them. One Ariel looks a lot like the next, so I concentrated on the unique features. The water pump is just a little thing under the sink, which has neither received nor required a minute's maintenance from myself or Tom since we bought Dulcimer. The bilge pump just uses a removable straight handle which you pump up and down while seated on the port side of the cockpit; it empties out the stern. I think the most attactive feature are the cabinets built into the main cabin.

Quick question about diesel: I've never owned a boat which used a diesel engine. The former owner of Dreamcatcher, my 27' Hunter, says that the fuel has been in the tank since May of last year, and that he put stabilizer in it at the time. Is it safe for me to run the engine, should I add more stabilizer, or would it be safest just to pump out the old fuel and replace it?

Thanks much,
Jim Buchman

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