Dec 5th Thursday - Woke up to rain (They don’t call it Rain
Garden Bay for nothing!).. Eventually it
cleared up.. we dropped the dingy and went over to the gas bar to see about
dumping the gas.. I’ve done this
before.. I tell him it ‘might’ be bad..
not sure.. dingy running like shit..
He always takes it.. I always give him 5 or 10 bucks.. Refilled and BAMO… She runs great!! How the heck we got so much water in the gas
I don’t know.. the tank would never go down.. only up!!! Ha!!!
Pulled anchores just as a small storm
rolled in.. we got out of the harbour as it started raining hard again.. Wind was zero so we motored towards west end
for groceries.. Arriving to the harbour
there are ZERO mooring balls.. we went
to the far end to see about anchoring.. way to tight down there.. missed a ball coming out, someone bet us to
it.. Then we see another.. head for it
and it’s a mad dash.. another boat doing the same thing.. Allie curses in
Spanish at them and give’s them bad karma..
As we turn around a big Cat asks us our name and says monitor 16, we
will call when we leave.. heading back
out the channel, another boat offers the same..
and is leaving right then.. The
same boat that tried to steal the other one moves in.. Im motoring hard, but they are gaining.. The people drop the ropes back on the deck
and wait for them to pass… then until as we get there… THANKS!!! Great people!!
Shopping was good.. some prices are crazy others are
awesome!!.. more $4.00 wine.. stocked
up! Headed over to Peter island where
we found a great spot to anchor tight up the east end.. fairly deep 45 feet, but we have lots of
chain, and put out both anchors per norm.
BBQ’d a great dinner, Fresh chicken from Puerto Rico.. macaroni elbows
in the pressure cooker to make home made mac and cheese.. corn.. ummmm… Did the dish’s with TONS of water… Hot showers this morning leaving the water
running.. this is UNHEARD of on a boat..
Fired up the genie this morning to charge up the batteries and filled
the water tank until overflowing…
Watermaker is working GREAT!!! Love it!!!
Starboard transmission is not going into
reverse without a lot of effort.. rev to
3000 rpm, then back down to 1000 and it usually bangs in.. doesn’t sound good.. need to check the linkage,
but the colour of the oil suggests otherwise..
Good news is it seems to work fine in forward.. So far!
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