We are stuck in Man O War until at least next Tuesday. The reason we are stuck is we need a new drive shaft for the starboard motor. We already changed the transmission on it. We also tried a new prop. But we still have a vibration when we put that engine into gear.
I think Man O War is probably the best place in the Bahamas to get the work done. The folks we are working with are definitely competent. But although it may be the best place to get work done it's one of the worse place to be stuck in.
This is a dry island. We are down to 5 beers. Luckily we have a lot of rum and wine so we can stay here a month if we need to. But since they don't have any beer for sale they don't have anything like a sports bar. No place to watch football. Last weekend we were at Nipper bar on Guana Key. They had all the games on. Karen got to see the Broncos although we had to stay up until midnight to see the whole game. She was also forced to sing "paradise by the dashboard light" during halftime. But different places have different rules for watching a game. I'm not sure where we are going to watch the game this week. I think we can get it on the sling box. If we can then I won't be in trouble. If we can't then, I might be.
We also got some sail work done here so I now have good sails and tomorrow we will put the main sail back up. Other than that we are just stuck here.
Once we get everything functioning correctly we are going to start heading south. I want to be in Turks and Cacaos around Oct 15th. Then we can plan the trip over to Puerto Rico.
Dry island???? Didn't know those existed!! Damn tough break being stranded there. I'm sorry to hear that the boat is giving you some more issues, but it's all part of the experience, right?
ReplyDeleteWish I could have seen Karen singing to keep the Broncos game on down there! What a payment to play the game. Oh ya, GO BRONCOS! As always, missing you guys, jealous of you as well.
Chris and Brooke
Greetings Captains , So another day in Paradise for U 2 / Enjoy your experiences and cultural education/ Most if us will never have this angle in Life! Happy Thanksgiving / Having fish?
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