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Life Aboard: Birthday, Boat Maintenance & Island Errands | Ep 79 #svaguaazul #boatlife #sail
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Jul 17, 2025
Celebrate a day in our sailing life with birthday fun, boat repairs, and island experiences. Watch as we fix our AC system, shop for essentials, and enjoy a beachside bar crawl on Los Velas. Chapters: 0:00 Birthday morning walk to beach bars 2:17 Fixing the dingy spark plug and AC reinstall 4:26 Setting up battery-efficient AC controls 8:08 Errands in town: dog food and supplies 14:10 Watching an exciting baseball game Blog Post: https://www.chrisdoeswhat.com/puerto-plata-caribbean-adventure/ Get content early by becoming our YouTube member https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUMOZBmn0CZW578hpt4ImB3CRA Follow our boat on NOFOREIGNLAND: https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/5694391589011456 š¢ Our Website: https://www.chrisdoeswhat.com/ š¢ See Our Recipes: https://www.dininginwithdanielle.com
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0:01
Okay, guys. So, it's my baby's birthday.
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She's turning uh
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49.
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I was going to say 29, but yeah,
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she's uh sexy as ever wisdomness.
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And uh we're at Los Velas. And we're
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going to walk to the other side. Go
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check out the beach. I'm sweating. There
0:21
was no cleats left. I had to figure out
0:23
how to tie up my knee.
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And it's actually not that
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it's not that cool. it. No, the the
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beach is it's uphill.
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Yeah, it's Well, it's uphill halfway.
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Yeah.
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So, it's uphill halfway, but
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I'm like, okay, let me get my 49year-old
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body.
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She's going to get stretched out here.
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But yeah,
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there's like some bars over there and
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stuff. So,
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but that's what we're going to do. And
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do some day drinking.
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Yep. I shouldn't walk on these screens.
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I'm afraid they'll fall in on me. You're
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afraid I don't fall on you.
1:00
Yep.
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And this hill is no joke.
1:12
But uh yeah, in our excitement birthday
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conversation, we're talking about how to
1:18
do laundry.
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So we're we're halfway up the hill. This
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is the the fancy hotel right here. It's
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all downhill from here. But uh we
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actually going for the ride here. And uh
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my husband's turning my video up.
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Yeah, of course.
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Happy birthday.
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Almost there.
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We're on the dirt road to the ocean.
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The ocean's about that way. I shouldn't
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walk backwards cuz I almost lost my
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ankle a while ago.
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It's pretty good.
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Oh yeah. Made it to our first restaurant
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or bar on the birthday bar craw.
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Look at that. Yeah, that's where we came
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in, babe.
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Okay.
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Yeah, super nice.
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But beautiful trash on the beach.
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I'm here at the bar getting drinks.
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All the all them I had there was still
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doing the birthday. This place is
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awesome, guys. Last night we had a big
2:19
experience. Um dingy died. We have a
2:23
whole bunch of these spark plugs, but
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our neighbor neighbor over here, lovely
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German couple, they uh drag us back to
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our boat and uh
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this morning we just replace the spark
2:35
plug. That's all it was. Now I'm working
2:38
on uh re uh reinstalling our AC back in
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the uh rear cabin. You saw I
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disconnected that so I could uh have
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make water. Well, we have the new pump
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for the water maker. You saw that last
2:52
last video. So, now we're going to uh
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burn fix our AC and I'm going to show
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you how we can run that more efficiently
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on batteries to hopefully get cool at
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night and uh dehumidify the room while
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we're sleeping a little bit. Maybe too
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dry and uh we'll have a little desert
3:08
going on in there.
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Okay, guys. So, this is what I'm working
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with. And uh basically going to move
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this pump back a little bit. Don't want
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to get too far back because the engine's
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back there. But going to put this piece
3:23
in place and connect our line for our
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water pump which for our AC. So that's
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for our uh uh what's that thing called?
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The water maker. And uh also going to
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install
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this so I can turn it off and on. So, um
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yeah, cuz uh the one thing about your
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wire maker and your air conditioner is
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you can't have any open lines. This one
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has a uh one-way valve, so it won't pull
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water back through here and uh try you
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suck it through the AC, but it won't
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work in reverse without this thing. So,
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this is another step I have to remember.
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Fun.
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[Music]
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Okay, so I got the AC running and I've
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ran that on a T. I have a switch right
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there which I have to turn off before I
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run the wire maker. And then it's
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running back to my water pump.
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Now this is running and uh let me put
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this back in place.
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Okay, so this is running and uh yeah, um
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I've got it where the
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uh both the water pump and the fan turn
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off once it's reached temperature. I'm
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just right now trying to get it to
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temperature so I can hear it shut off to
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make sure. But I have that up on my how
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much power we're using. Okay, so we have
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full sun come in. That's the max current
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I can pull in at 50 amps. And we're
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still using 50 amps. So, in essence, at
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51%, my batteries only last uh a little
5:13
over 6 hours, which is would not make it
5:17
through the night. But hopefully, this
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cycles less so. So, we can see if it
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will run through the night.
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But, it feels a lot cooler in here.
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Yeah, I left my wife out there. She's
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sweating and then uh enjoying this nice
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cool bedroom.
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Okay, as you can see the AC has shut off
5:37
now. We're getting 36 amps in charge in
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out of 50 amps. So that's not bad. And
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we're still riding the inverter and the
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of course all that good jazz. But with
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our battery saying infinity, it's not a
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good judge of how long does it actually
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last throughout the night. But uh so I
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have to turn it on at night to see. But
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still it's uh good. The fan shut off.
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The water pump shut off. And let me show
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you the settings we have to do.
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Okay. So here's our thermostat. And as
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you see it's set to it's 86Ā°. It's still
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not on, but I'm going you have to turn
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it off to set it. So then you press uh
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select
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up down select and this one in program
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mode. Now to
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change between different modes
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you just go up and down like this. So
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I'm right now I'm looking for the
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thermostat because that's set a little
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high. And uh then that's your thermostat
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offset.
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And then P uh
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12
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is your pump. So to turn your pump
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continuously on, you hit on or off. We
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want it off. So it only turns on when
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the uh the AC is actually on. And then
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P14 is your fan. So you want it to
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cycle. So when the compressor is not on,
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it turns the fan off. If that is
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continuous and that will run the fan
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even if uh the compressor is not on. I
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found that really heats up things a
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little bit more. Burns a lot more
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electricity. You don't want that. So
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we'll set that to cycle. Then to get out
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of this, you just hit on again. And then
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I'll turn it on.
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And it's on cool.
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And I don't use automatic because I
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don't want it getting saying it gets too
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uh cold at night for some odd reason,
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which I doubt it would. And then turn on
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the heater. Wouldn't want that. So,
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we're at 86. I have this thing set to
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85.
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So, it should come on probably when that
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thing hits 87.
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Okay, guys. So, we got to go to town and
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get some dog food and some liquor and
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lemon juice. But my wife's all worried
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because this morning we had a boat moing
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and almost hit our boat. Actually, it
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did hit our boat.
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I just I caught it and was pushing away
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and then we moved into over there, but
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they're not on that boat. And also that
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that cameraman right back there, they
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broke loose. uh a few days ago.
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Yeah.
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So, I don't know. Papa,
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I don't like the
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We need to get Papa out here checking a
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little bit. Make sure we ain't uh going
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on a brisk.
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A lot of people come out here, drop
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their boat, and then go back to the
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United States or whatever,
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and we're stuck having to deal with
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So yeah,
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like I can't leave and you can't deal
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with my
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Yeah, because our luck is just standing
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up on shore.
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Yeah, we have to recover it.
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See over there in the mangroves on the
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bottom.
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So we're going to get got to get some uh
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dog food. This is the first time us
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buying dog food for our dog out here in
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the wild. So hopefully uh
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yeah, we had enough on board that lasted
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about
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the trail to town. always long and hot.
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That boat would
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and smelly
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and smelly.
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So,
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but we're uh Yeah, it's not very far.
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What are you looking at?
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Okay. I thought it was a
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like a dead animal,
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but it was a tire.
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Yeah. Um
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you they they they tend to throw a lot
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of trash out here. So it's not really in
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the water where we're anchored or mored,
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but on land you'll see it.
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Oh yeah.
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The trash service is a little different.
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But we're going to go uh to the ATM.
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Got to get our liquor. So, we're going
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to check out that little store and uh
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get uh some dog food. What else?
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I thought you already said that.
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Yeah, I did.
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So, we got our dog food, our liquor,
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bananas, and ters and stuff. Good to go.
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We're heading back to the boat water.
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Yeah. But, uh
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it is hot out here and uh
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Oh, man. I'm trying not to get cut up by
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this questionable fence over there.
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Yeah.
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Is uh
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And if you hear those motorcycles,
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that's every day, all day long, no
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matter what.
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Yeah. I'm going to put this camera away
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before I get run over by one of them.
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Yeah.
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So, we're back in the day. Got our
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hopefully some new dog food. We're going
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to try again. Find her. Show up when we
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get back to the boat. There's not much
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selection here, so hopefully she enjoys
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it.
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I would have just ordered her original,
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but in order to get that here, it's 200
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pesos per pound and their dog food is
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30.
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That'd be expensive. $100 to get dog
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food here.
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So,
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so we're not something else.
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But yeah, and then we have these uh wind
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and white caps. So, yeah. Got to get
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back to our boat before another boat in
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Yeah, we don't want that. So, we're
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going we're going to get on out of here.
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There's our puppy. She is excited. We're
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back.
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Oh. Oh, she found it.
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She found it.
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I told you we had to go to the store and
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get your dog food. She's like, "Um,
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yes, please." Yeah. I don't know how
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good it's for, but
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it's probably not that great. I'm We're
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going to have to find something more in
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the city.
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Yeah, we usually get four health. So,
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we'll find the vet around here. Maybe. I
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don't know. We'll see.
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But yeah. You excited?
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Oh, you want the doggy bed?
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And yeah, I shaved her crazy cuz she got
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she went to tick island. All kinds of
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ticks all over.
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Got to
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watch out for that crafter.
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Okay. You want some doggy food? Okay.
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Okay. Come on.
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You want your new doggy food?
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Okay.
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Okay. Bella, I got your food.
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[Laughter]
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Yeah. She She never dips her head in the
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cup.
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You got your food.
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Okay. Only a little bit. Okay.
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Right there.
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That's a lot.
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She's going to wind up eating all that
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cuz she's never had it before.
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Yeah. Don't do that with a bone in her
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mouth.
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That's all she gets for now.
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Oh, wow.
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I want her puking.
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It's almost gone.
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She's not hungry, y'all.
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She's just excited for a new food.
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New flavor.
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Yeah, cuz she's been on her other dog
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food for about four or five years.
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Yeah. So, she's just excited a new
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flavor.
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Yeah.
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So, we're here at Captain's Table and we
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uh we drinking like a demon. There's my
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baby right there. And uh we're just
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having a good old time. Make sure.
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Okay, guys. So, the Canadians got locked
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out by the Americans.
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They they played the the the outfield
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there like pros. America.
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Oh, that is out of here.
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Oh,
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and the action is really high here.
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Base is loaded. Canada is going to bring
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it home and they're going to be three to
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zero after this. Kicking America's tail
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[Music]
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and oh wow, one coming home.
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Uhoh. Two.
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Oh, Ken is in the lead.
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So, how's it feel to get your ass kicked
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by Canadians?
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Hey, that's just crazy.
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So, it's one to five. US uh got won the
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last one. They're going back out. And uh
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yeah, but the Canadians, they're
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winning, but they ain't playing. It's
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mostly Dominicans.
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Okay. USA
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locked them out that run.
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Yeah.
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Oh, man. Oh yeah.
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Oh yeah. Go go go go.
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Keep on Cory. Go.
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Go.
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Yeah. Oh, look at that.
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That's a home run.
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Inside the park, baby.
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Oh, yeah.
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[Applause]
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Okay,
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the game is done.
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Who won? Canada.
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I think Canada won.
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Cheated.
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Canada cheated. They had more They had
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more young Dominicans on there. We had a
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bunch of old people.
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Lemonade.
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So, we had a great Fourth of July.
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Baseball was awesome.
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And now we got lightning ahead of us.
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So,
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yeah. But, let me show you what we look
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at right here.
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This is uh where we ended up at Wendy's.
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Why are you here?
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[Music]
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