On our Shakedown Cruise, one of the things I had to do was hang the curtains. Don’t ask why I didn’t do it before we left. It isn’t like I didn’t have time! However, for some strange reason, I left the curtains in the bag they came in until we arrived at the campground. By the time we got set up and had dinner, it was getting dark and we wanted to close the curtains. Well, they were pretty easy to hang, but the ones over the big window had these funny white tabs hanging from them. We were mystified as to what they were for. They obviously were meant to hook into something, but we couldn’t see anything that they fit into. So, for our first few camping trips, they just hung there.
Then, one day, John happened to notice behind the galley kitchen was a track that looked like the mystery tab was supposed to slide into. I read through the owners manual again (I obviously missed a few things the first time through!) and sure enough in the section about “Inside Galley Stove Use”, is a note labeled “Important” and part of it says: “Do not use stove unless the drapes are secured to the galley back with the Velcro tabs or to the plastic drape track behind the upper galley assembly.”
Our curtains are now properly secured.
Memo to self: Always read the whole instruction manual!
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