In the morning, we started making some calls to try to find some exhaust hose. We had heard boaters trying to get rid of various hoses on the net so we tried that first. Then we called a local place but they just order outboard parts. Other boaters had spoken about ordering things from Lightbourne
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They had predicted very light winds from the southwest which is why we decided to stay at Rudder. Unfortunately the winds were not cooperating with the weather forecast and were stronger than expected. We decided to head back to George Town anyway. It would be a long motor upwind against the waves or a long
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We started the morning listening to “The Net,”a cruiser led vhf interactive broadcast for all of the boats here. We announced ourselves as new arrivals to the harbour. We learned about a recommendation for haircuts, where to get propane, where to play volleyball and bocce and how to properly access the dinghy dock. People in
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I had this crazy idea that this year we would leave Josie for a holiday in Miami while we slipped home to spend Christmas with family. It was a costly venture but seemed worthwhile. Michael and Becca stayed East in anticipation of a Charlottesville gathering. We managed the journey to Miami, the marina, the flights.
We arrived in Belhaven after calling River Forest boatyard. They service yanmar motors and told us to come over once we got to town. We called the River Forest marina and they had enough water at the dock to take us even though the guidebook suggested otherwise. We had to pull into a slip that
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The wind was still gusting and we were pushed against our dock with the wind direction. We had to adjust our bumpers a few times through the day. In order to travel north, we have to go out a cut into the ocean to bypass a shallow area in the Sea of Abaco. We then
The winds came in after the squall line passed, first from the west, then from the north. It was another long gusty night spent watching our position and hoping our spade, dug inches in sand and grass and our chain adding strength and weight to the operation would hold our 20,000 pounds as we twisted
Our engine started perfectly in the morning. We started it multiple times and each time, it started right up. It was very frustrating. We felt we had to do something to diagnose or fix the problem. We started with testing the power to various points on the starter motor. That is as far as we
We wanted to head somewhere but wanted to top off with fuel and water before venturing to remote places. We had learned earlier in the week that Jamal had a town job for awhile and was not available for this service. The Exuma yacht club offered fuel but was likely too shallow or too likely
Today we went on an exploration in a motor boat. We rented a small boat from Minn’s water sports early in the morning to explore the harbor and some reefs. We left our dinghy there and picked up the boat and came back across the harbor to pick up Jeff and Deb. They had made
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