Sunday we had rain in the morning. Kris decorated for Christmas, and put up the “tree”
Sunday afternoon she checked the oil from the starboard sail drive, and made the determination that yes, it was milky. So we drained the sail drive best we could and replaced the oil. So a haul out is in order to fix that problem.
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| Working on removing the sail drive oil |
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| That's not normal looking oil - definitely wrong |
We were planning to head south, but the only haul out facilities were north of where we were, luckily there are two places on Eleuthera. We planned on going to Hatchett Bay, as they have a haul out facility, but on calling them Monday, found they have no room in the schedule to haul us. Called R&B boatyard in Spanish Wells, and they said that they could get us in the following week on Tuesday the 23rd. We feel very lucky that we were able to get something that quickly.
The winds would
be contrary to going north until Thursday, so we set about getting a project
done while waiting in Rock Sound for better winds on Thursday.
Monday, we started working on replacing the Strataglass in
our dodger. We had replaced the panel directly
in front of the helm, but not the rest, so Monday, part of Tuesday and part of
Wednesday that was the focus.
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| Cutting out new Strataglass |
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| Kris working on the dodger. It would be nice to have a large table to work on, but the floor is all we have. |
Tuesday, we walked into town to get some groceries. We were planning on having lunch out, but due to rain we decided to not, and dined on the boat instead.
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| Grocery store decorated for Christmas |
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| The main road "Queens Highway" in Rock Sound was being freshly paved |
Wednesday we finished up the dodger project, and yet more
rain.
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| The rain is great to clean off the boat and fill the tanks, but not great for outside projects |
Thursday was a nice day, and we had a beautiful sail the 56 miles from Rock Sound to Meeks Patch. Nice to have the sails up and sailing finally.
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| Downwind, wing on wing for most of the trip, was quite nice. |
When we went to hoist anchor in Rock Sound, the windlass would not work, but then it did. Same thing happened when dropping anchor. So Friday morning we took the motor off the windlass and Kris worked on the brushes. This is the second time we have done this since the motor was new in 2021.
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| Kris working on the brushes. |
Our friends Jerry and Donna on BlueJacket were at Meeks Patch as well, so Friday went over for a visit and a nice game of cards. Always fun to spend time with them, but we forgot to take any photos. We are just not very good at that, I guess.
Jerry and Donna left Saturday morning to head south.
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| Bluejacket heading out We moved over to Spanish Wells, as NE wind predicted for the next few days. Our port head macerator was making funny noises, so Dean took it apart, and we found the usual culprit, hair wrapped on the shaft, so Kris cleaned it and got all the hair out (mostly hers anyway) and Dean reinstalled it, and now it is working great again.  We went to town, and talked to R&B boatyard about our scheduled haul out on Tuesday, and then went for a nice lunch at Budda's Snack Shack. Had a nice lunch.    We will be here until after Tuesday for sure, then hopefully head further south. |
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