With some help from DeBond and some long range coaching from Scotty we got this bad boy free from the deck. Now tear down, reassemble, and fingers crossed back in business.
5 Canadian boats and an American boat for happy hour at BB's, Rodney Bay Marina. Most of us are here to equalize, fix, provision, prepare to haul and go home for the "summer ". When 85F is your new comfort level is there such a thing as summer? Yep anything in the 70's has me going to get my fleece. Water temp 82F, refreshing but not cold, only a shock for the first 10 seconds.
A cross roads tonight, boats going south, boats going north. So fun to meet everyone.
Cheers
K&S
Ok, we are still new at this, enjoy the islands but feel that cruising is limited, only a few anchorages and lots of competition from the charter boats. Not many opportunities to "gunk hole" something we really enjoy.
The cuise ship Royal Clipper arrives in Admiralty Bay, Bequia, SVG. We have seen some impressive sailing vessels here in the Windwards.
The dreaded Maxwell Oil Leak. I suspect the right angle drive where it connects to the gearbox. This is the third time ours has leaked. At least now I know how to fix it but it is not an easy task, Maxwell made sure of that. Essentially I will have to pull it off the deck and take it all apart. Oh the joy!
Blogger is working. Setting up Sylken Sea email back on my phone is not working.
It has been a great trip south, highly recommended. Yes the seas are more challenging, pick your weather, the boat manages well, after a few rough crossings I started to document in the ship's log after the standard "weather/speed/hdg/location, sea conditions, stabilizer activity and rate of roll. Data collection of this type is very subjective. We hope to develope a data base we can use to anticipate the comfort level we can enjoy on future crossings.
Happy to share reality.
