Saturday, May 26, 2012

So, it is Thursday night, May 24. We are anchored in Rock Sound on the southern tip of Eleuthera. It took us a while to get there. And, while we were traveling, things started going wrong again. The port engine prefers a work day of five minutes. The starboard engine is willing to work all day - as long as it is not required to charge the battery. We had a lovely dinner salad using some of our fresh tuna from yesterday with cheese and crackers on the side. Our drink of the day was a pina colada smoothie- not blended though because we are conserving power. Now, Terry is back down in the starboard engine compartment. Mike has gotten another new oil fuel filter, and he is preparing to go down into the port engine compartment. And, it is getting dark. But, there is good news. It has stopped raining. Sam is off making hot water so that we can have tea and coffee. However, if Mike cannot fix the port engine, I think he is going to go straight for the rum. The best photo of the night will be the one of Carol at the outdoor table with the headlamp on. She has been given the task of finding specific screws for Terry. Yes, Terry did bring three cans of miscellaneous hardware with him. Again, you can truly see why we had no room for clothing. All available space in the suitcases was filled with tools and stuff for LUX. Too bad we didn't think to pack two new engines. As of this moment, Mike has eliminated the fuel filter as the problem for the port engine. Now, he is thinking about taking the fuel pump apart. Did I mention that it is now really dark? And Terry continues to try to convince us that this is all just one big adventure. As he works on the starboard engine, he dangles his feet in the water and says, "Here, sharky, sharky, sharky." Peggy has pointed out that it is not the best plan to call for the shark when your feet could be viewed as bait. Oh well, I guess this will be the new definition of fun.

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