after 3 days in the marina we where getting to the point of diminishing returns. our fiberglass guy was not going to be available until next week and aimee was now crippled and unable to clean the boat so the marina water was no longer useful so i made the executive decision to get out of dodge. as always it was great to be under way as we motored over continuing flat calm sea out to peter...
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well the last two days where non stop projects in pretty oppressively hot conditions here in nanny cay. i rebuilt dons carb 3 times actually getting the engine to run for a bit. alas in a final turn of fate don pulled the cord and the engine would not budge. later analysis would confirm the engine had seized. not sure how this happens, its a 15 year old mercury 15 hp 2 stroke 2 cylinder. ...
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we got out of cane garden early and after a quick stop in soffers hole for groceries we pulled into the nany cay marina. one the way don and i got the new fenders inflated and set up and i got to practice backing into a nice easy slip. the only difficulty with nanny cay is for some reason the only have 20 feet fingers works fine if you are a cat in your own slip but as a monohull sharing one...
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aimee got to practice her “charter” bfast under way as we sailed down the north side of Tortola to pick up maggie for a trip over to white beach on jost van dyke home of the soggy dollar bar. we had planned to meet up with tom who was taking his first day charter guests over as well but we found out latter he ended up at willy t-s instead. maggie met us at the dock fully equipped and...
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it was another dawn wake up and i dropped the mooring and got under way to head over to sophers hole to “practice” checking in. it was a nice motor along the shore of st johns where we need to spend some more time. the sophers hole customs was a bit more formal than our north sound friends but was painless. there was still nothing open for bfaast so aimee cooked while i took us...
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so today i was up at dawn again to move palapa over to the fuel dock before the wind came up. i had checked the fuel the day before and we where right on empty. this is due to running the genset and aircon everyday. i am thinking .6 gal per hour x 10 hours = 6 gal per day = $30 yikes! we got the boat over to the fuel dock and aimee worked on yoga until the office opened. i took 80 gal and i...
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